Since their birth, Rose and Ruby Darlen have been know simply as "The Girls." Raised by Aunt Lovey, the nurse who took them in after their mother abandoned them, the girls have lived all their lives in the small tonw of Leaford, in an old farmhouse bordered by cornfields. This is the story of their shared life, two sisters who have a relationship of profound and unmatched intimacy. For Rose and Ruby are conjoined twins, connected inseparably, facing...

Tippi and Grace. Grace and Tippi. For them, it's normal to step into the same skirt. To hook their arms around each other for balance. To fall asleep listening to the other breathing. To share. And to keep some things private. The two sixteen-year-old girls have two heads, two hearts, and each has two arms, but at the belly, they join. And they are happy, never wanting to risk the dangerous separation surgery. But the girls' body is beginning to fight...