![]() ![]() ![]() But the pettiness in particular got to me. I think her plight would have provoked far more emotion in me if she had simply laid it out as it happened rather than reminding me, the reader, how burdened she was by her sister's illness, and then how ashamed she was for feeling that way. ![]() However, her tone was self-pitying, self-focused, and sometimes downright petty. For example, no doubt Carolyn has been through hell and back and experienced torment that few of us can even imagine. If I had been the editor, I would have suggested some judicious cuts. The coolness of her narration heightened the emotions-the sign, to me, anyway, of an expert writer.Ĭarolyn, on the other hand, while more successful professionally and clearly quite intelligent herself, grew more unlikable as a narrator the deeper I got into the book. How they can have the structure and the plausibility of something real. In fact, in her narration of her extreme schizophrenia, I felt able to see-to really feel, actually-how these delusions can feel very real. I was not surprised to learn she was a decorated poet. Clearly, Pamela Wagner, the twin suffering from schizophrenia, is a substantial talent. ![]() It's hard to give this book two stars because it's essentially a dual narrative, and I very much like one of those narratives. I chose this book for research purposes (characters in my novel are twins-boy and girl-and one is schizophrenic) and had high hopes. ![]()
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