When I took a short visit to Vancouver over the last weekend my intension was not to purchase any more books however as my intriuge always wins I turned a sort visit to 'Little Sisters' (a vancouver bookstore and gay rights landmark) into a day of treasure hunting. what I left with was a book i will not soon forget.
First Person Plural is the fictional narrative of a set of dicephalus conjoined twins Owen and Porter, the two are born with two spines fused at the pelvis (similar to the Hensel twins in Minnesota, USA) they have lived since birth with two heads brains and minds, and one body containing two very differing hearts, you see Porter (controlling the left side of the body) is Straight and our narrator Owen (the right hand) is Gay.
The second I opened this book I was immediately thrown into a world of intrigue, questions and answers, as we watch the twins growing up and coming to terms with their very individual perspectives, we too are pulled in two directions asking what is too much to forsake for the happiness of others. Beierle creates the immaculately set dialogue of self required to deliver a metaphorical insight to the coming out process.
At 304 pages I finished this book in little over a week, and would start right back at the beginning if it were my style but I have to keep the reviews coming and will post my new selection soon.
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