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Miranda Glover
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ISBN | 9780593055663 | ||
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Vicky
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Synopsis
Emi and Polly Leto are identical twins with a shared life until Emi vanishes and Polly is left searching. Now one becomes two, and twindom becomes duplicity as myth and memory merge, forcing Emi and Polly to confront what they thought they knew about themselves, one another and the parents who made them. Behind the twins there is the creator of their souls, a woman called Sarah, a mother without whom there would be no story to be told. From the edgy heart of London to a remote idyll on the Stockholm archipelago, this is a journey into the power of love, the damage wreaked by emotional depression and the agony of sexual deceit. It is a story of the genetic impact of nature wrestling with the heady demands of nurture, of patterns of behaviour and the cruel turns of fate.
Miranda Glover at the top of Waterstones Piccadilly 2007
Review
I have to say I loved this book with a story that works on many levels and two different cultures. Miranda's ability to weave in and out how mental illness can effect the whole family and any relationships they may have. I found the nurture versus nature fascinating - for instance Sally, the twins mother, has manic depression;Emi shows very similar symptoms but does she have a mental illness that is genetic or is she simply copying her mother and how she deals with life.
By taking her story to Stockholm we see a new way of living for Emi that is very healing, but for Polly, who is becoming more and more distraught by Emi's disappearance, what healing will she receive being that she is having an affair with Will her sisters husband!
I found Soulmates a very satisfying read with plenty of scientific detail on the nature versus nurture debate. I recommend you read this book which has an ending that certainly kept me happy.
To read Miranda's short story 'Seeing You' click here
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