Twice Born

Twice Born spans the years from 1935 to 1958 it is set in England and Australia and the oceans between. The story follows the first twenty-one years of an extraordinary boys life. After having strangled his twin brother Bunny with his own umbilical cord Bobby Shafto is untimely ripped from his mothers womb in the twenty-eighth week of her pregnancy. At birth he is tiny weighing only three and a half pounds. He has webbed fingers and eyes that never close. Like all identical twins Bobby Shaftos rapport with his twin brother remains potent; their symbiotic relationship continues long after he is strangled in the womb; Bunny becomes his inner voice. Bobbys tiny body is the corporeal crucible for his giant spirit. He strides through lifes challenges with fearless optimism as though he were protected by a Guardian Angel. You cannot see the angel unless you believe it is there.