Louise Glück’s Fiction Explores Twin Sisters’ First Year

This story is about twin babies named Marigold and Rose.

Marigold often feels confused, worried, and jealous of Rose.

Rose is beautiful and cheerful, but she loves Marigold very much.

Rose thinks Marigold is special and almost magical.

The sisters imagine that they are parts of one baby divided into two.

Marigold compares herself to a marigold flower, which can grow in many places, while Rose is like one special rose.

The twins are trying to understand their parents, their family, and who they are.

Marigold wants to write a book about their mother’s childhood.

The story says that something can be emotionally true even if it is not literally real.