Symbiosis
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My review -
Twins
often grow very close, sharing their own secret language, and Talulah and
Taliah are considered by their own mother to be so close as to be two halves of
a whole. They are not equal, though. Talulah leads, even walking ahead of her
sister, but Taliah is better academically. Their speech continues to be
idiosyncratic and they are moved to a special school. While in special
education, they come into the orbit of an anarchist student who influences
Talulah and, of course, Taliah is drawn along in her wake.
This
is compelling stuff. We watch the girls as they grow up and we see Taliah's
struggle to become her own person. I found the relationship between the twins
with its 'almost mind-reading' closeness utterly convincing. The tension
between the girls’ competing and incompatible needs grew as the book progressed
and led inexorable to the story’s climax. A great read.
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