The Twins - Hardcover
They were identical in every way Until the unthinkable tore them apart Isolte and Viola are twins. Inseparable as children, they've grown into very different adults: Isolte, a successful features writer for a fashion magazine with a photographer boyfriend and a flat in London, and Viola, desperately unhappy and struggling with a lifelong eating disorder. What happened all those years ago to set the twins on such different paths to adulthood? As both women start to unravel the escalating tragedies of a half-remembered summer, terrifying secrets from the past come rushing back - and threaten to overwhelm their adult lives...
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About the Author:
Saskia Sarginson was awarded a distinction in her MA in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway after a BA in English Literature from Cambridge University and a BA in Fashion Design & Communications. Before becoming a full-time author, Saskia's writing experience included being a health and beauty editor on women's magazines, a ghost writer for the BBC and Harper Collins and copy-writing and script editing. Saskia lives in south London with her four children. With her Swedish beauty and unusual surname, many people ask where she comes from. Her father, an artist and part of the Parisian COBRA movement, had a Dutch father and Jewish-Portuguese mother. Saskia's own mother was from Yorkshire and had Scandinavian blood.
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Sarginson's debut is a timeless and riveting piece that echoes the mystique and beauty of the lush, English countryside ... bewitching RT Book Reviews The haunting tale is skilfully infused with trauma and tragedy - and sinister suspense. [A] stirring debut Independant.ie This debut novel by Saskia Sarginson reveals a stunning writer with deep insight into people, their thoughts and behaviour. It is a beautifully crafted and compelling story that won't disappoint NZ Women's Weekly Intense... dark Daily Mail An excellent debut and you are sure to have a hard time putting it down Candis Timeless and riveting RT Book Reviews Thumpingly good Good Housekeeping A Perfect R & J read. Highly compulsive Bookseller Clever, and full of suspense -- Richard Madeley An absorbing account of unbreakable and uncanny bonds Heat This debut novel by Saskia Sarginson reveals a. stunning writer with deep insight into people, their thoughts and behaviour. It is a beautifully crafted and compelling story that won't disappoint NZ Women's Weekly The debut novel from British author Saskia Sarginson simply called The Twins, is anything but simple: it's a beautifully layered novel about childhood, the haunting nature of secrets and the unbreakable bond of twins ... a compelling slow burn of a story with evocative writing. It's an accomplished first novel by Saskia Sarginson and it was with genuine pleasure I read she's already at work on her next novel - which I will definitely be adding to my wish list The Well Read Kitty An outstanding debut novel ... exciting, funny, sad and tragic, but most of all it's a damn good read. I look forward to more from this author Hawkes Bay Today
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- PublisherCharnwood
- ISBN 10 1444821725
- ISBN 13 9781444821727
- BindingHardcover
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