The Less You Know The Sounder You Sle..., Juliet Butler
The Less You Know The Sounder You Sle..., Juliet Butler
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The Less You Know The Sounder You Sleep

Author: Juliet Butler

Narrator: Juliet Butler

Unabridged: 14 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Fourth Estate

Published: 08/10/2017

Synopsis

‘Do yourself a favour and read this wonderful book’ Based on the true story of conjoined Russian twins, Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapova, is a tale of survival and self-determination, innocence and lies. No one expects Dasha and Masha to live beyond childhood. Not the Soviet scientists who study them, the other ‘defective’ children who bully them, or the ‘healthies’ from whom the twins must be locked away. But they don’t know Masha like her sister does. While Dasha is gentle and quiet and fears everything, her twin is fearless and irrepressible and determined they will survive. Whatever the cost. Through the seismic shifts of Stalin’s communism to the beginnings of Putin’s democracy, the sisters strive to be more than just ‘the together twins’, finding hope – and love – in the unlikeliest of places. But strength can come in many different forms and if Dasha is to live more than half a life she must find the courage to emerge from her sister’s shadow.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Billiebumblebee on July 17, 2017

I knew this book was going to be heartbreaking, because how could it not be with a hopeless situation like this, but it was even more crushing than I anticipated. It was fascinating and unique and with the backdrop of a Russia in the midst of political change it became a incredibly rich and emotiona......more

Goodreads review by Sally on April 19, 2017

By page 34 this book was breaking my heart. It is an amazing telling of the lives of co-joined twins Masha and Dasha who were born in 1950 in Russia. It tells of the dreadful conditions and heartbreaking lives they were forced to live. But it also contains love, humour and hope. It is a book which w......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn on May 10, 2019

Wow. I don't know how to review this or rate it. I gave it five stars because there's nothing wrong with it or the story... except that it exists at all. I've had this out from my library since August (because their system glitched and they don't know I have it) and I've only just gotten around to r......more

Goodreads review by Anneke on April 28, 2018

De cover is heel mooi, maar toch had er beter voor een realistischer cover gekozen kunnen worden, met een, desnoods getekende, siamese tweeling, want daar gaat het boek per slot van rekening over. De titel kan je op meer manieren opvatten, zowel positief alswel negatief. Al gelijk vanaf de eerste bla......more

Goodreads review by Anne on October 09, 2017

Juliet Butler felt that the biography she penned with Masha and Dasha - conjoined twins born into 1950's Soviet Russia - didn't portray the real story. It is possible that this fictionalised version of their life doens't either but it is absolutely engaging reading. Not only does it provide an insig......more

Quotes

‘The Less You Know the Sounder You Sleep is a searingly frank and sympathetic portrayal of two very different women: Dasha, our narrator, who’s smart, sensitive, honest and loving; and her sister Masha who is quite the opposite: vicious, foul-mouthed and psychopathic – and outrageously funny with it … This novel, while always being an accessible read, offers profound insights into the effects of early deprivation on two very different people, and into the daydreams we nurture in order to survive; it tells us about love in impossible circumstances, and about the loneliness of never actually being alone. And the importance of having something to hope for … For a second, do yourself a favour and read this wonderful book.’ The Scotsman ‘A fascinating, heart-breaking tale of what it was like for the twins to be forever “together” – two different people whose destinies were forever entwined, one unable ever to escape the other’ Press Association ‘That such a compassionate tale has been brought forth is a testament to a tenacious author, who spent 15 years helping the twins unpack their story’ Science

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