Chang and Eng Bunker were famous conjoined twins who married sisters. Christina Baker Kline imagines what their lives were like in her novel, "The Foursome." She talks with NPR's.

Despite its title’s promise of eroticism, “The Foursome” is about as un-kinky as a book can get. Christina Baker Kline’s novel was inspired by the true story of Chang and Eng Bunker, the conjoined ...

Christina Baker Kline’s new novel, "The Foursome," offers a fresh fictional take on the lives of 19th-century conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker. Rather than focusing on their public fame, the book ...

Siamese Twins, Eng and Chang Bunker choose North Carolina to settle down. They fall in love with the Yates sisters, but the villagers disapprove of their romantic relationships. The villagers show up ...

Saturday marks the anniversary of the death of the world-famous conjoined twins. Chang and Eng Bunker lived their last days in the Mount Airy area, where many of their descendants reunited. Saturday ...

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Cultural scholar Cynthia Wu has spent years studying Chang and Eng Bunker, a pair of Asian-born, co-joined, entrepreneurial, self-promoting "human marvels." "The Bunker twins," she says, "have served ...

The story of the Siamese twins, Eng and Chang Bunker, who live extraordinary lives with their wives and children in Mount Airy, North Carolina.