Then, in the girls' twenty-first year, as the First World War escalated overseas, a fateful choice changed their lives forever. She embraced the women's suffrage movement and dreamed of sailing to war-torn Europe. Free-spirited Victoria wanted to change the world. Shy, serious Olivia, born eleven minutes before her sister, had taken over the role of mother in their lush New York estate, managing not only a household but her rebellious twin's flights of fancy. Olivia and Victoria were the beloved daughters of a man who never fully recovered from his wife's death bearing them in 1893. And for the twins Olivia and Victoria Henderson, two remarkable young women coming of age at the turn of the century, their bond was mysterious, marvelous, and often playful - a secret realm only they inhabited. For strangers, the surprise was overwhelming. For her family, even the girls' own father, it was a constant guessing game.
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