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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Square Fish
Publication date December 6, 2016
Pages 240
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9781250075109
ISBN-10 1250075106
Dimensions 0 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Original list price $12.99
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Summaries and Reviews
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From the author of Tuck Everlasting comes a powerful, multi-layered story about a man who never felt complete, the family he is unable to fully love, and the fabulous amusement park that he created.

Everyone in town knows Herbert Rowbarge as the wealthy creator of the Rowbarge Pleasure Dome, a fantastic amusement park. But his past is murky. Even his twin daughters believe that their father has led a lonely but prosperous life, inheriting his wealth from various deceased relatives.

What the town doesn’t know is that Herbert was born a penniless orphan, sustained only by his desire to create something beautiful: An amusement park with a carousel featuring pairs of identical animals. Everything he’s achieved has been a product of that single-minded determination.

What Herbert himself doesn’t know is that he is a twin. All he knows is that he has never felt complete. When he gazes into the mirror, he glimpses some lost part of himself. When he looks at his twin daughters, he feels a stab of something like jealousy.

Told from the point of view of Herbert and his daughters, this is a family story about how people can long for a part of themselves that they never knew they lost. Natalie Babbitt is at her best in this stunning novel for adults.


"Herbert Rowbarge has . . . an almost folktale-like tone and plot. Never mind that it contains its share of Buicks and bridge parties; it still possesses the hushed, concentrated, stripped quality of a legend. And like a legend, it draws us in. It’s spellbinding.” ―Anne Tyler, The New York Times Book Review



Editions
Hardcover
from Farrar Straus & Giroux (November 1, 1982)
9780374329594 | details & prices | 216 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.80 lbs | List price $15.00
About: Herbert Rowbarge, who does not realize he has a twin brother, becomes so obsessed with twins that he creates a merry-go-round with all of its animals in identical pairs
Paperback
Book cover for 9780374518523 Book cover for 9781250075109
 
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from Square Fish (December 6, 2016)
9781250075109 | details & prices | 240 pages | List price $12.99
About: From the author of Tuck Everlasting comes a powerful, multi-layered story about a man who never felt complete, the family he is unable to fully love, and the fabulous amusement park that he created.
Reprint edition from Farrar Straus & Giroux (April 1, 1984)
9780374518523 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.50 lbs | List price $3.95
About: Herbert Rowbarge, who does not realize he has a twin brother, becomes so obsessed with twins that he creates a merry-go-round with all of its animals in identical pairs

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