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Chang and Eng Author: Born attached at the chest, Chang and Eng Bunker were the Siamese twins for whom the term was coined, one of the nineteenth century's most fabled human oddities. Now Darin Strauss has rescued the twins from the sideshow of history, drawing from their extraordinary conjoined lives a first novel of exceptional beauty. — Taken from Thailand as adole... more »
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2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I was expecting more of a historically accurate novel than I received - this is more of a book of fictional personal memories from ONE side of the "double-boy". Overall, an okay read. I didn't care for the time warping back and forth way the author presented this novel.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
i always wondered about the life of conjoined people..about how they do things that we take for granted. this puts all those questions to rest.
the author actually makes you believe that they are seperate persons,with seperate lifes. a really interesting read
the author actually makes you believe that they are seperate persons,with seperate lifes. a really interesting read
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Awesome book really interesting. The way they lived with one wife in one house for a weeek then moved and lived with the others wife to his house for a week is a trip! They also fathered 17 children between them!
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- Biographies & Memoirs >> Professionals & Academics >> Medical
- Literature & Fiction >> Genre Fiction >> Historical