Stacey D’Erasmo : (4) " All writers are magpies, right? We’re always stealing bits from different places and then weaving them into our little nest. " - Stacey D'Erasmo " ‘The Girls’ tells the story of Rose and Ruby Darlen, who are not only literally but spiritually attached for eternity. Born joined at the head in 1974 to a feckless teenage mother who abandons them, and reared by a delightfully open-minded adoptive couple, the Darlen girls are darling girls, indeed. " - Stacey D'Erasmo " Of course, a secret is no good if it doesn’t need to be a secret. " - Stacey D'Erasmo " Royalty mostly seem like members of some anachronistic faith, like the Amish, peculiar in gilded buggies. " - Stacey D'Erasmo