![]() ![]() The twin brother and sister are fifty-one years old at the time of their mother’s death. Most of us cannot fathom their isolation and their abject poverty, but both of these things are not of great importance to either of them. The protagonists in this novel live on the fringes of society, or more accurately on the dust held by the fringes of society. I’m always drawn to books that feature eccentric characters and this one really delivered in that aspect. ![]() Dot, the mother, played banjo, while Julius accompanied her on his fiddle and Jeanie played guitar. The twins, along with their mother were accomplished folk musicians. ![]() This sends them both on a precipitous downward spiral which leaves them homeless and shocked to learn some long-held family secrets. When their mother dies, they learn that the family have many outstanding debts, and no way to pay them. As a result she is almost illiterate and their tiny, rundown cottage is the only world she has ever known. Jeannie suffered from rheumatic fever as a child and was kept out of school a lot. ![]() Julius does go out to work doing odd jobs and is the more robust of the twins. Jeannie and Julius Seeder are twins who live in rural isolation deep in the heart of Oxfordshire. “It is hard to rewrite your own history”. ![]()
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