The Twin

Author: Gerbrand Bakker
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459608275
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362

Book Description
When his twin brother dies in a car accident, Helmer is obliged to return to the small family farm. He resigns himself to taking over his brother's role and spending the rest of his days 'with his head under a cow'. After his old, worn-out father has been transferred upstairs, Helmer sets about furnishing the rest of the house according to his own minimal preferences. 'A double bed and a duvet', advises Ada, who lives next door, with a sly look. Then Riet appears, the woman once engaged to marry his twin. Could Riet and her son live with him for a while, on the farm?'The Twin' is an ode to the platteland, the flat and bleak Dutch countryside with its ditches and its cows and its endless grey skies. Ostensibly a novel about the countryside, as seen through the eyes of a farmer, 'the Twin' is, in the end, about the possibility or impossibility of taking life into one's own hands. It chronicles a way of life which has resisted modernity, is culturally apart, and yet riven with a kind of romantic longing. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Twins

Author: Varian Johnson
Publisher: Graphix
ISBN: 9781544451275
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 247

Book Description
"Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomes Fran -- a girl who wants to join the chorus, run for class president, and dress in fashionable outfits that set her apart from Maureen. A girl who seems happy to share only two classes with her sister! Maureen and Francine are growing apart and there's nothing Maureen can do to stop it. Are sisters really forever? Or will middle school change things for good?"--Provided by publisher.

The Twins' Little Sister

Author: Hyewon Yum
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374379734
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 45

Book Description
Twin sisters who already compete for their mother's attention have an especially hard time after their baby sister is born.

The Twin

Author: Natasha Preston
Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.
ISBN: 1471418057
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 297

Book Description
Get ready for another heart-racing, twist-filled thriller from the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author NATASHA PRESTON. CAN YOU TRUST YOUR OWN TWIN? After their parents divorced, 10-year-old twins Ivy and Iris were split up - Ivy lived with Dad, Iris with Mum. But after a tragic accident takes their mum's life, the devastated sisters are reunited when Iris moves in with Ivy and their dad. Iris takes their mum's death especially hard, unwilling to speak to anyone except Ivy. Unable to stand seeing Iris so sad, Ivy promised her that she can share her life now. After all, they're sisters. Twins. It's a promise that Iris takes seriously. And before long, Ivy's friends, her teachers, and even her boyfriend all fall under Iris's spell. Slowly, Ivy feels she's being pushed out of her own life, but tells herself she's being paranoid. Iris isn't dangerous . . . is she?

The Twins

Author: Saskia Sarginson
Publisher: Redhook
ISBN: 0316246190
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
They were inseparable until an innocent mistake tore them apart. Growing up, Viola and Issy clung to each other in the wake of their mother's eccentricity, as she dragged them from a commune to a tiny Welsh village. They thought the three of them would be together forever. But an innocent mistake one summer set them on drastically different paths. Now in their twenties, Issy is trying to hold together a life as a magazine art director, while Viola is slowly destroying herself, consumed with guilt over the events they unknowingly set into motion as children. When it seems that Viola might never recover, Issy returns to the town they haven't seen in a decade, to face her own demons and see what answers, if any, she can find. A deeply moving, gripping debut, this is a novel about the secrets we carry, and the bonds between twins.

The Tuttle Twins Learn About The Law

Author: Connor Boyack
Publisher: Libertas Press
ISBN: 0989291227
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Until now, freedom-minded parents had no educational material to teach their children the concepts of liberty. The Tuttle Twins series of books helps children learn about political and economic principles in a fun and engaging manner. With colorful illustrations and a fun story, your children will follow Ethan and Emily as they learn about liberty!

The Twins

Author: Tessa de Loo
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1908129255
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 431

Book Description
"Completely original. A fiction whose poise, compassion and breadth take the reader's breath away"JOAN SMITH "Gripping and touching" Independent "Memorable and moving" The Times Bound by blood, separated by love... Twin sisters, Lotte and Anna, share a bond that is far stronger than anyone except they alone can understand. But when war comes between them, the two discover that even the deepest bonds have their limits. Having been cruelly separated as children, Lotte and Anna are at last reunited. Neither lost hope to see each other again. However, with Europe on the verge of war, much has changed between them. While Lotte has enjoyed a privileged upbringing in liberal Holland, Anna has endured a life of poverty in a Germany under the spell of Hitler. With Lotte now engaged to a Jewish musician, and Anna brainwashed by Third Reich ideas, cracks in their relationship soon appear. With the war on, the twins decide to part again. Back in Germany, Anna marries Martin, an Austrian soldier, who hates the war but joins the SS for the sake of his wife only to be killed a few days later. Anna is devastated and longs for her sister. At the same time, Lotte's own life is in danger. The Nazis have invaded Holland and her lover has been taken to Auschwitz. Knowing she will never see him again, all she can do is keep his family safe from Hitler's troops. Now an old woman, Lotte remembers the pain as, before her, stands the sisters she disowned all those years ago. Can these two lives ever be reconciled? The twins now face their final test . . . Translated from the Dutch by Ruth Levitt

The Twins and Tabiffa

Author: Constance Heward
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brothers
Languages : en
Pages : 142

Book Description
1935 reprint.

The Twins' Blanket

Author: Hyewon Yum
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1466822953
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
One of School Library Journal's Best Picture Books of 2011 These look-alike twins have always shared everything—their room, their toys, a crib, and, since the day they were born, a blanket. But as they grow into new beds, they need new blankets, too. Now they face a new dilemma: they don't know how not to share. Told from the perspective of two five-year-olds, The Twins' Blanket playfully illuminates squabbles and affection between young siblings. Yum's minimalistic art astutely captures these twins' emotions as they toss, turn, and tug their new and old blankets—and embrace their growing independence.

The Twins

Author: Meg Blackaby
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469184605
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
When Pam and Jim Brown hid their twins in the children's home fearing for their lives, never in a million dreams did they think they would not see them again. James and Kelly Brown were twins born to destiny. They lived a simple life in the children's home with Sister Mary and Sister Anne: that was until Alex Carter showed up one day, pretending to be their long lost uncle. Now the question is: Will james ever find out what his power is? Will Kelly learn to use her extraordinary power properly? Alex knows they are running out of time, but he struggles to find out what their powers are and to teach them the full use of their powers. Alex's wife, Vicky, wants to protect the twins forever, but she knows that's impossible, they were born to protect themselves. Cane Price would like nothing better than to get rid of the twins before they get him. Will Kelly and James be strong enough in their individual powers to face Cane when the time comes? Step into the life of Kelly and James, where there is mystery and the unknown. Who will win in the end?