From Amazon:

'I have never looked into my sister's eyes. I have never bathed alone. I have never stood in the grass at night and raised my arms to a beguiling moon. I've never used an aeroplane bathroom. Or worn a hat. Or been kissed like that...So many things I've never done, but oh, how I've been loved. And, if such things were to be, I'd live a thousand times as me, to be loved so exponentially' The girls, Rose and Ruby Darlen, were both joined at the head (craniopagus twins) in a rural farming community in 1974. Abandoned by their frightened teenage mother, they are adopted by the eccentric nurse who attended their birth, and her husband, a gentle immigrant butcher. The sisters attempt to lead a normal life, but can't help being extraordinary. Now almost thirty, Rose and Ruby are on the verge of becoming the oldest living craniopagus twins in history. Rose has a passion for writing, and The Girls is her version of life as a conjoined twin. Rose and Ruby are attached at the head, but their struggles and triumphs remind us that connection is central to us all'

I'm reading this book at the minute, but am opening it up to a bookring. The participant list will be posted on this page.

Bookring participants in no particular order yet.

passiontoread (USA)- international
chrissyinbloom (USA) - international
klaradyn (South Africa) - international surface mail
Mary-T (Germany) - international
Bjorg (Iceland) - International

I've just spent an hour finishing this book. I wanted it to carry on and on. I don't want to say too much about it as there is already a lot of information in the first journal entry, what I do want to say is that I hope the bookring participants enjoy it as much as I did.

Okay, so Rose and Ruby are off around the world, here's the order of the bookring.(This is subject to change as the ring is still open)
Mary-T
klardyn
passiontoread
chrissyinbloom
Bjorg

Please journal the book when it arrives so that we all know it's safe and well, then journal it when you've done reading it.
Enjoy
PS. I've added the links to take you directly to the members sites so that it's easier to PM them.

The girls arrived today with another bookring.
Although a lot of books are waiting to be read... I will try my best, so this won't stop here for too long. But it will take me a bit of time. I hope that's ok. Anyway - I'm really looking forward to read this.

4.8.07
It was an interesting read and I liked it. Thanks for sharing.

--> this is on its way to the next reader now

This arrived today, and I look forward to reading it. Thanks for sending on.

I really loved reading this book. As Jive-Monster said, I didn't want it to end.
Will send to passiontoread next week when I go to the post office, I already have her address.

I just posted this. Unfortunately I had to use surface mail, so it might take a month or two to get there.

Received in the mail today after a 2 month journey. Thank you so much klaradyn for mailing and jivemonster for starting. Klaradyn, thank you for the beautiful postcard! Can't tell you how much my family and I enjoyed seeing a picture of South Africa!! Have a few bookrings ahead of this one. Hopefully it won't take too long before it will be traveling again.

Sorry I have had this book in my possession longer than a month but I had about 4 bookrings ahead of this one. Just finished this today for my last book of this year. I enjoyed it a lot. The author made me feel like they were friends of mine and I would go for a visit when I would pick up the book. Having craniopagus twins near where I grew up and my mom still sees them shopping ocassionally, I was even more interested in the story. They even have a stool on wheels for the smaller twin. I had to read in the front covers to make sure it was not a true story about the twins near my hometown. Thanks for sharing jivemonster and I've already tried getting in touch with chrissyinbloom but have not had a response yet but will keep trying.

Chrissyinbloom has asked to be skipped. Contacting Bjorg.

Mailed today to Bjorg. Enjoy!

The Girls arrived safe and sound to Iceland today:) am so looking forward to read this book:) am now in the middle of another bookring but I hope I can start on this one really soon:)

Just finished the book this morning:)I loved it, it´s one of those books you keep thinking about for a long time after you have finished it, at least that is the case for me:)
So I guess the girls will now travel back home to Jive-Monster, will send the book as soon as I´ve got the address.

Have gotten the address from Jive-Monster and will send the girls home tomorrow:)

The Girls arrived home today safe and sound. Glad you all enjoyed the book.

I've passed this book onto a colleague at work today. Hope she enjoys it as much as we all did.