Half Life

Shelley Jackson

earliest edition we have, 2006 HarperCollins, 2006 hardcover 448 pages

A brilliant, disquieting first novel about a pair of conjoined twins who are deeply unhappy in each other's company. Nora, the dominant twin, is strong, funny, and deeply independent, thirsting for love and adventure. Blanche, by contrast, has been sleeping for nearly twenty years. Finally sick of carrying her sister's dead weight, Nora decides she wants her other half gone for good, so she leaves San Francisco for L...

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Editions we hold

Half Life paperback · 2007 · Harper Perennial · 440 pages · 9780060882365
Half Life edition · 2006 · HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061195587
Half Life edition · 2006 · HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061195600
Half Life hardcover · 2006 · HarperCollins · 448 pages
Half Life edition · 2006 · HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061195594
Half Life ebook · 2006 · HarperCollins · 9780061195563
Half Life edition · 2006 · HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061195617

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