I Know This Much Is True
by Wally Lambliterary work· published 1998
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I Know This Much Is True is the second novel by Wally Lamb, published in 1998. It was featured in Oprah's Book Club for June 1998. The novel takes place in Three Rivers, Connecticut, in the early 1990s. Dominick Birdsey's identical twin Thomas has paranoid schizophrenia. With medication, Thomas is able to live his life in relative peace and work at a coffee stand, yet occasionally has severe episodes of illness. Thinking he is making a sacrificial protest that will stop the Gulf War, Thomas cuts off his own hand at a public library. Dominick sees him through the decision not to reattach the hand, and makes efforts on his behalf to free him from the inadequate and depressing hospital for the dangerously mentally ill.
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I Know This Much Is True was adapted into a 2020 miniseries.
I Know This Much Is True2020 · miniseries · 378 min · IMDb ↗IMDb8.1The parallel lives of identical twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in an epic story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th century America.
