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'Their twin gestation placed the sort of sickly fascination usually reserved for a few gruesome function of nature: a travel trapped in a huntsman's web, a snake swallowing a mouse. Blind little newborns, so Mary often imagined, curled up jointly for nine complete months, their spines aligned, sardine-like. Most severe of all, these were naked.' Thirteen-year-old twins Dominic and Mary have very different natures: Dominic, calm and serious, is drawn to the natural world while Mary, a proficient artist, is excited and imaginative. The country town of Kyneton, still grappling with the legacy of World War II, cannot contain her ambitions for a life of creative effort. When their dad dies unexpectedly, the reverberations send both in different guidelines. Mary escapes to the bohemian haunts of Melbourne while Dominic continues to be behind, riven by responsibility and an unwavering devotion to their mother. However the siblings share a particular bond of the type only twins do, and each battles with the loss of the other as they start to carve out new lives. Whenever a technique emerges with the actual to influence them both, will they be drawn together once again? Set in an era of social constraint and serious scientific breakthrough, The Science of Performances explores the inexorable draw of the past and the indelible bond we share with those who know us best. Rendered in wonderfully evocative prose, this sensitive, powerful, touching novel shows how the intricate interplay of heredity and environment makes, patterns, and sometimes breaks us.
