Oprah’s latest publication club selection!New York Times Ideal SellerAt 40, Dominick Birdsey’s lifetime continues to be compromised and constricted by anger and fear: by the schizophrenic twin brother he both deeply loves and resents, and by days gone by they shared with their adoptive dad, Ray, a spit-and polish ex-Navy man and their long-suffering mother, Concettina, a timid, self-conscious woman.Born in the waning moments of 1949 and the starting a few minutes of 1950, the kids are physical mirror images who about I Know This Much Is True grow into separate yet connected entities. But Dominick’s talent for survival his escape from Ray’s wrath as well as the genetic fate that’s Thomas will be put to the best check when Thomas, a Bible-spouting zealot, commits an unthinkable react that threatens the tenuous stability of both his and Dominick’s lives.Set against the vivid panoply of twentieth century America and filled up with richly drawn, memorable individuals, this deeply moving and thoroughly satisfying story provides to light humanity’s deepest requirements and doubts, of our aloneness, our desire for love and approval, and our battle to survive at all costs. Joyous, mystical, and exquisitely created, I Know This Much Is True can be an extraordinary audio experience which will leave no listener untouched.