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Dasha cannot imagine life without her feisty and fearless twin sister Masha. Gentle and quiet, Dasha fears everything from the Soviet scientists who study them, to the other ‘defective’ children who bully them, and the ‘healthies’ from whom they must be locked away. For the twins have been born conjoined in a society where flaws must be hidden from sight and where their inseparability is the most terrible flaw of all . . .
Based on the true story of conjoined Russian twins, Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapova, The Less You Know the Sounder You Sleep is a tale of survival and self-determination, innocence, and lies.
"A searingly frank and sympathetic portrayal of two very different women, The Less You Know the Sounder You Sleep offers profound insights into the effects of early deprivation, and into the daydreams we nurture in order to survive." -- The Scotsman