MAGGIE'S RUSE
A 2020 Eric Hoffer Award Honorable Mention in General Fiction and 2020 American Fiction Awards Finalist, "Maggie's Ruse" is the story of identical twin sisters Maggie and Marta Dugan. Their relationship has the usual sisterly strains, until home alone one afternoon, Maggie masquerades as Marta when a friend of hers drops by. The ruse is quickly discovered, a rift between the sisters ensues, and they go their separate ways. But living apart is hard; real independence harder still. Will they come back together? How long until each realizes she needs the other to feel whole?
Fiction
ISBN: 978-1-947021-90-7
Publication Date: October 1, 2019
A 2020 Eric Hoffer Award Honorable Mention in General Fiction and 2020 American Fiction Awards Finalist, "Maggie's Ruse" is the story of identical twin sisters Maggie and Marta Dugan. Their relationship has the usual sisterly strains, until home alone one afternoon, Maggie masquerades as Marta when a friend of hers drops by. The ruse is quickly discovered, a rift between the sisters ensues, and they go their separate ways. But living apart is hard; real independence harder still. Will they come back together? How long until each realizes she needs the other to feel whole?
Fiction
ISBN: 978-1-947021-90-7
Publication Date: October 1, 2019
A 2020 Eric Hoffer Award Honorable Mention in General Fiction and 2020 American Fiction Awards Finalist, "Maggie's Ruse" is the story of identical twin sisters Maggie and Marta Dugan. Their relationship has the usual sisterly strains, until home alone one afternoon, Maggie masquerades as Marta when a friend of hers drops by. The ruse is quickly discovered, a rift between the sisters ensues, and they go their separate ways. But living apart is hard; real independence harder still. Will they come back together? How long until each realizes she needs the other to feel whole?
Fiction
ISBN: 978-1-947021-90-7
Publication Date: October 1, 2019
Praise for MAGGIE’S RUSE
"The author's astute insight, big characters, a snappy pace, and especially dialog laden with subtle subtexts and zinger truths deliver a memorable, literary trip."
Eric Hoffer Award Judge
"A fun, sparking book that embraces the wonders of sisterhood in all of its challenges and complexities."
JACOB APPEL, author of Millard Salter's Last Day
"Skillfully-written and absorbing, Maggie's Ruse well displays Anne Leigh Parrish's ample literary talents."
KARL WENCLAS, Editor, New Pop Lit
"Maggie's Ruse is a highly readable romp of a novel exploring identity, sisterly bonds, and the decisions that both divide and unite us."
PAM MCGAFFIN, author of The Leaving Year
"In a world full of glittering descriptions and minimal consequences, a pair of twins engagingly explore questions involving love, career, and family."
Kirkus Review
"This is definitely a book worth recommending to readers who love a good character study. The actions of Maggie and Marta could easily be interpreted a multitude of ways, and it would make for a great book club discussion. Also? Is that not one of the best covers you've ever seen?"
AMBER SHEMANSKI, book blogger
"Parrish is an accomplished writer who imbues her characters not only with idiosyncratic behavioral traits but also with physical and emotional muscle and bone....[her] prose is easy to read and keeps the pace of her tale moving along smartly. Her dialogue is crisp and relevant, never lapsing into mere plot exposition. She is particularly adept at translating emotional revelation...one comes away from this novel with a heightened sense of empathy for the intellectual and spiritual ties that make identical twins seem identical on the outside yet truly individual on the inside...."
JOE KILGORE, US Review of Books
About ANNE LEIGH PARRISH
Anne Leigh Parrish’s latest novel, The Hedgerow, appeared in July 2024 from Unsolicited Press. Diary of a False Assassin, her next poetry collection, arrived in December 2024, also from Unsolicited Press. Recent titles are A Summer Morning, a novel; An Open Door, a novel, and If The Sky Won’t Have Me, a poetry collection. She is the author of ten other books. She has recently ventured into the art of photography and lives in the South Sound Region of Washington State. Find her online at her website, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Goodreads. Explore her photography at www.laviniastudios.com.
