Violet and Daisy by Sarah Miller

Violet and Daisy by Sarah Miller

From the author of The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets and The Borden Murders comes the absorbing and compulsively readable story of Violet and Daisy Hilton, conjoined twins who were the sensation of the US sideshow circuits in the 1920s and 1930s.

On February 5, 1908, Kate Skinner, a 21-year-old unmarried barmaid in Brighton, England, gave birth to twin girls. They each had ten fingers and ten toes, but were joined back to back at the base of the spine. Freaks, monsters--that's what they were called. Mary Hilton, Kate's employer and midwife, adopted Violet and Daisy and promptly began displaying the babies as "Brighton's United Twins." Exhibitions at street fairs, carnivals, and wax museums across England and Scotland followed. At 8 years old, the girls came to the United States, eventually becoming the stars of sideshow, vaudeville, and burlesque circuits in the 1920s and 1930s.In a story loaded with questions about identity and exploitation, Sarah Miller delivers a completely compelling, empathetic portrait oftwo sisters whose bonds were so sacred that nothing - not even death- would compel Violet and Daisy to break them.

Into the Mind of Gideon Rayburn and The Other Girl are two of Sarah Miller's young adult novels. She attended Amherst College and grew raised in western Massachusetts. Details, Men's Health, Glamour, Mademoiselle, TV Guide, and Philadelphia Weekly are among the publications for which she has written. Nevada City, California is her home.

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ISBN 13	9780593119723
ISBN 10	059311972X
Title	Violet and Daisy
Author	Sarah Miller
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2021-04-27
Number of pages	320
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