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The Vanishing Half

by Bennett, Brit
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half

Complex family story of race & identity.

The Vanishing Half would be a good read for anyone interested in exploring the intricate layers of family dynamics and the lasting influence of identity on one's life choices. The book reveals how our past shapes our expectations and desires, taking readers on a journey through different generations and places, from the Deep South to California. Brit Bennett offers a wise, immersive, and compassionate story that explores the themes of family, relationships, race, and identity in a thought-provoking and emotional way.

  • 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)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2021)
  • Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award Nominee (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Vanishing Half

by Bennett, Brit
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ISBN: 9780593190197
Author: Bennett, Brit
Publisher: PENGUIN US
Date of Publication: 2020-06-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Literature, Race
Goodreads rating: 4.13
(rated by 816317 readers)

Description

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. Ten years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly 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. As with her New York Times-bestselling debut The Mothers, Brit Bennett offers an engrossing page-turner about family and relationships that is immersive and provocative, compassionate and wise.
 

Complex family story of race & identity.

The Vanishing Half would be a good read for anyone interested in exploring the intricate layers of family dynamics and the lasting influence of identity on one's life choices. The book reveals how our past shapes our expectations and desires, taking readers on a journey through different generations and places, from the Deep South to California. Brit Bennett offers a wise, immersive, and compassionate story that explores the themes of family, relationships, race, and identity in a thought-provoking and emotional way.

  • 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)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2021)
  • Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award Nominee (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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