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Jun 2, 2020 · A historical fiction novel about twin sisters who choose different racial identities after running away from their southern black community. Explore the themes of race, family, and identity in this bestselling and award-winning book.
The Vanishing Half is a multi-generational family saga set from the 1940s–1990s and centers on identical twin sisters Desiree and Estelle "Stella" Vignes and their daughters Jude and Kennedy, respectively. Desiree and Stella are black and have exceptionally light skin.
The Vanishing Half is a multi-generational, multi-geographic novel that moves fluidly between the past and the present, from the 1950s to the late 1990s, and from the small, light-skinned-obsessed town of Mallard to New Orleans, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, New York, and Minneapolis.
A New York Times bestseller and a Good Morning America book club pick, The Vanishing Half explores the lives of twin sisters who choose different racial identities after running away from their southern black community. The novel spans generations and examines the impact of the past on the present and the future.
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.
Jun 2, 2020 · LitCharts offers a comprehensive guide to Brit Bennett's novel The Vanishing Half, which explores the themes of race, identity, and family through the stories of two light-skinned Black sisters. Find summaries, analysis, quotes, characters, symbols, and more.
Jun 2, 2020 · Four years later, Bennett introduces a new cast of characters, and like her debut, The Vanishing Half examines sisterhood, black identity, and parenthood with compassion and conviction. The Vignes twins grew up inseparable in the ’60s in Mallard, Louisiana, a small town reserved for black residents with light skin.
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