28. One - Sarah Crossan
So you're sixteen and you're trying to be a little more independent. You're going to a real school for the first time ever and there's this cute boy there you might want to kiss ... but you and your sister are LITERALLY joint at the hip, so it's tricky. In this episode Aífe and Ciara discuss One by Sarah Crossan; a novel in verse which follows the story of Grace as she navigates school, family, friends, reading James Joyce, and being physically conjoined with her twin sister Tippi. We discuss the struggle between familial love, personal autonomy, and romantic love. We touch on the lives of some real life conjoined twins and (with absolutely 0 authority) what it is like to have a body so far outside of the social norm that legal and medical ethics simply break down around you. Content warnings for: ableism. Parental acoholism. Medical trauma. Death. Mentions of eating disorders. If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing! You can have two episodes a month delivered into your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod to throw us a few coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)