Description
Growing up, identical twins Paula and Artis speak in one voice-until they can't. After years apart, with lives, partners, and children of their own, they are reunited on the occasion of their father's funeral. Seeking to repair the damage wrought upon their relationship by outside forces, the twins retrace their early lives to uncover what happened-but risk unraveling their carefully constructed cocoons.
Written in spare, lyrical prose, Halfis an achingly beautiful story of intimacy and loss, revealing the complexity-and cost-of sharing your life entirely with someone else. Sharon Harrigan deftly explores how fierce lovecanalso be the very thing that leadsto heartbreak and betrayal.
Author: Sharon Harrigan
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 06/09/2020
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780299328542
ISBN10: 0299328546
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | General
Written in spare, lyrical prose, Halfis an achingly beautiful story of intimacy and loss, revealing the complexity-and cost-of sharing your life entirely with someone else. Sharon Harrigan deftly explores how fierce lovecanalso be the very thing that leadsto heartbreak and betrayal.
Author: Sharon Harrigan
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 06/09/2020
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780299328542
ISBN10: 0299328546
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | General
About the Author
Sharon Harrigan teaches at WriterHouse, a nonprofit literary center in Charlottesville, Virginia. She is the author of Playing with Dynamite: A Memoir. Her work has appeared in the New York Times (Modern Love), Narrative, Virginia Quarterly Review, and elsewhere.