"'The Grammarians' are Laurel and Daphne Wolfe, identical, inseparable redheaded twins who share an obsession with words. They speak a secret 'twin' tongue of their own as toddlers; as adults making their way in 1980s Manhattan, their verbal infatuation continues, but this love, which has always bound them together, begins instead to push them apart. Daphne, copy editor and grammar columnist, devotes herself to preserving the dignity and elegance of Standard English. Laurel, who gives up teaching kindergarten to write poetry, is drawn, instead, to the polymorphous, chameleon nature of the written and spoken word. Their fraying twin-ship finally shreds completely when the sisters go to war, absurdly but passionately, over custody of their most prized family heirloom: Merriam Webster’s New International Dictionary, Second Edition.

Cathleen Schine has written a playful and joyful celebration of the interplay of language and life. A dazzling comedy of sisterly and linguistic manners, a revelation of the delights and stresses of intimacy, The Grammarians is the work of one of our great comic novelists at her very best." (summary taken from Goodreads.com)

This is an uncorrected proof copy of the book, which was published in September, 2019.

Really charming book about twins who grew up sharing a secret language, but then end up being torn apart by language, too. The ending is rushed, and the book is more for word nerds than anyone else, but I do recommend it for the wordplay.

Released at the Little Free Library at Palmers Square.

*****
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