Description"Evocative...traces its] characters over long arcs of time and place with equal amounts grace and wit.
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About the Author ALIX Ohlin is the author of four previous books, most recently the novel Inside, which was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Rogers Writers\' Trust Fiction Prize.
Dazzlingly insightful and beautifully crafted, Dual Citizens captures the unique language of sisters and makes visible the imperceptible strings that bind us to the ones we love for good.
In this gripping, unforgettable novel about art, ambition, sisterhood, motherhood, and self-knowledge, Alix Ohlin traces the rich and complicated lives of two indelible women.
As Lark tries to take charge of her destiny, she discovers that despite the difficulties of their relationship, there is only one person she can truly rely on: her sister.
Years later, Lark\'s life is in tatters and Robin\'s is wilder than ever.
Under pressure, their bond grows strained and ultimately is broken, and their paths abruptly diverge.
Later, in New York City, they find themselves tested: Lark struggles with self-doubt, and Robin chafes against the demands of Juilliard.
At seventeen, Lark flees to America to attend college, where she finds her calling in documentary films, and her sister soon joins her.
As they grow up, Lark excels at school and Robin becomes an extraordinary pianist.
Raised in Montreal by their disinterested single mother, they form a fierce team in childhood regardless of their differences.
While Lark is shy and studious, Robin is wild and artistic.
Lark and Robin are half-sisters whose similarities end at being named for birds.
Most revelatory is the way that each sister] fights to find her own life as an artist outside the expectations of others and the demands of a male-dominated world."--Vogue A masterful achievement: a joint coming-of-age story and an achingly poignant portrait of the strange, painful, ultimately life-sustaining bonds between sisters.
Description"Evocative...traces its] characters over long arcs of time and place with equal amounts grace and wit
