Twin Lies

by Laureen Vonnegut

Overview

What happens when one lie becomes two lives? At the complicated age of seventeen, Hetta hijacks the identity of her dead twin sister and launches an adulthood that is not her own. But when a California earthquake rattles her false existence, Hetta discovers that fleeing her late sister's domination may not be as easy as it seems. As her tale unfolds, narratives from lovers, husbands and friends reveal a provocative story. A dramatic journey from San Francisco through Romania, Panama, Nova Scotia and Zanzibar for one woman who is on the run from much more than just herself.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013068797
Publisher:	Skorpion Press
Publication date:	08/28/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	309
File size:	349 KB

About the Author

Laureen Vonnegut is an American writer living between Mexico and Romania. She has lived in London, California, Bulgaria and Hungary. She enjoys traveling, running, and harassing the Bucharest street dogs.

Her latest novel, TWIN LIES, was released June 2011. Her previous novel, OASIS, was published by literary press Counterpoint/ Perseus Books.

She directed a series of video readings of OASIS which can be seen on YOUTUBE or METACAFE.COM. She has also written several and directed several short films: STUFF THAT BEAR!, CUCKOO AND ICE CREAM and DON'T SAY 'I LOVE YOU'.

In the United States she has had over a dozen short stories published in five different states. In the UK, she has had a short story in the VIRAGO anthology: THE NERVE - BOOK OF WRITING WOMEN and two excerpts from her novel HANDS DO LIE. In addition to a short story in STAPLE magazine and a script, CROTCH PIT, published in EM3 magazine. She was shortlisted for the Ian St James Award.

Her short film called STUFF THAT BEAR, was directed by Bruno Coppola. The film was opened at the Cannes Film Festival and showed in more than 70 festivals worldwide, winning 15 awards, in addition to accreditation for the Academy Awards.

Her next project is a theater play called, THE PORCINI TEST.

Editorial Reviews

This book got me thinking about twins in new ways and opened a lot of windows into their world. The book moves along at a good pace with plenty of character development to keep you engaged. There are many different themes and ideas about identity, love, getting lost and found again and overall, it was one of the best reads of the year. It's a book for all those who not only like to use their grey cells when reading, but like to be entertained as well. Recommended.

Phil Reilly

I spend a lot of time reading new authors in literary fiction and enjoyed Laureen Vonnegut's first book Oasis when it came out. That was some time ago and I was wondering if that would be it. I was pleased to see Twin Lies finally emerge. Where Oasis was entertaining and almost whimsical, Twin Lies reaches a new level of depth and character development. The unexpected plot turns, international settings, and odd yet sympathetic characters are all brought together into a strange but very good read

The Ugliest

'Twin Lies' takes us on a journey through the eyes and souls of a twin and half a dozen or so gritty characters whose relationships evolve and intertwine throughout the time and continent-jumping narrative. The complex temporal structure and several characters' deceit kept me on my toes. The multiple first person narratives describe overlapping events from their carefully constructed individual points of view. I wondered if Vonnegut started with a chart or time line which she then cut up and ski

Tom Haythornthwaite