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The wedding of the two-headed woman

Alice Mattison

2004 · EN

"Following an early first marriage, Daisy Andalusia remained single and enjoyed the company of men on her own terms, making the most of her independent life - especially her sexual freedom. But now, in her fifties, she is no longer unattached; after a long on-again off-again love affair, she has married inner-city landlord Pekko Roberts. A resident of New Haven, Connecticut, Daisy earns her living organizing clutter, a calling that affords her an intimate peek at the disorder of the lives of others. Her business soon leads her to a Yale project studying small cities, where she partners with the ebullient director, Gordon Skeetling." "Over her husband's fierce objections - and working with Gordon, with whom life becomes ever more complicated - Daisy organizes a conference about murder in small cities, including New Haven. And for a community theater group seeking a subject for a play, Daisy appropriates a tabloid headline that Gordon has kept for years among the dusty piles in his office: Two-Headed Woman Weds Two Men: Doc Says She's Twins. These words will take on increasing significance over eight transformative months, March through October, 2001, as Daisy questions whether she can truly be a part of anything - a two-headed woman, a friendship, a marriage - while discovering more about herself than she wants to know."--BOOK JACKET.

Editions · 5

Paperback
2004 · William Morrow
275 pp · EN
9780066213781
Paperback
2004 · William Morrow
275 pp · EN
9780066213781
Paperback
2005 · Harper Perennial
304 pp · EN
9780060937881
Paperback
2005 · Harper Perennial
304 pp · EN
9780060937881
Paperback
2012 · HarperCollins Publishers
EN
9780062232045

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