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The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

$19.00 USD
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Written By: Brit Bennett

Genre: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis:

The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' storylines intersect?

Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing. Looking well beyond issues of race, The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person's decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins.

Format: Hardcover, 343 Pages

Setting: Washington, D.C., California, Louisiana

Awards: Orwell Prize Nominee for Political Fiction for Longlist (2021), Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee for Shortlist (2021), Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction (2020), NAACP Image Award Nominee for Fiction (2021), Book of the Month Book of the Year Award (2020), Reading Women Award Nominee for Fiction (2020), Aspen Words Literary Prize Nominee for Longlist (2021), Long Island Reads (2021)

Goodreads Rating: 4.15

*Please note, all books are pre-loved, but have been carefully looked through to ensure they are not missing any pages and are in good condition. If there are any visible flaws, these will have been noted in the product photo.

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