The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett is a stunning literary novel about twin sisters whose lives diverge dramatically when one chooses to pass as white.
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 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 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?
A brilliant exploration of identity, family, and the American experience, The Vanishing Half is a powerful meditation on race, belonging, and the secrets we keep.
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