'I expect you might think the story I am about to tell you is untrue or perversely gothic in some unhealthy way . . .'
There is nothing strange about being attached to your mum. But the elderly Rumbaugh twins have got a seriously bad case of mother love. When Ivy makes a bizarre and gruesome discovery in their basement, she learns that the Rumbaughs have been taking their boyhood hobby a step too far . . .
Jack Gantos is the author of successful the Joey Pigza and Rotten Ralph series for younger children and Desire Lines and Hole in my life for teen readers. Jack lives with his family in Massachusetts.