Dominick Birdsey's whole existence is coloured by the knowledge that his twin brother can never be fully responsible for his frightening behaviour, while he himself has beaten the biochemical odds to remain sane. But at what cost?
This powerful, heart wrenching drama draws on the deepest human emotions: the need to know oneself, responsibility to family, the influence of hidden history. The result is a highly acclaimed novel of survival, written with great sensitivity.
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On the afternoon of October 12, 1990, my twin brother Thomas entered the Three Rivers, Connecticut Public Library, retreated to one of the rear study carrels, and prayed to God the sacrifice he was about to commit would be seemed acceptable.- 1
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(HarperCollins, 17 March 2009, e-book, 912 pages, borrowed from Glasgow Libraries via Overdrive, #POPSUGARReadingChallenge, a book with a song lyric as its title)
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The TV series of I Know This Much Is True devastated so I'm not sure why I expected the book to be any less upsetting. This is an incredible book, one of the best I've read in a long time. I'm new to the author but want to read his other books if they're anything like this. I sobbed my heart out reading this book. I read almost 700 pages in one sitting because I couldn't put the book down. It's an incredible piece of writing.