Edmund White's 'A Saint from Texas' is a vivid tale of twin sisters, Yvette and Yvonne Crawford, who emerge from the simplicity of East Texas to lead two starkly different yet extraordinary lives. Yvonne vaults into the elaborate tapestry of Parisian aristocracy, while Yvette devotes her life to faith and charity in Colombia. Their staggering personal transformations and journeys through wealth, power, and devotion, can't untangle the deep roots of their shared past and the unbreakable bond of sisterhood. Charting their parallel paths from the 1950s to modern times, the novel is both a grand exploration of individual destiny and a profound meditation on family ties that defy time and distance.