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Name: The Vanishing Half
Rating: 3.846153846153 (13 reviews)
Author: Brit Bennett

Brit Bennett’s bestselling novel follows two African American twin sisters who, after witnessing their father's murder, run away at sixteen. One sister decides to pass as white in pursuit of a new life, while the other remains rooted in her Black identity. Across generations, the story examines how choices about identity, family, and race shape both individual lives and collective histories, offering a compassionate, psychologically nuanced exploration of the ties that bind and the boundaries that separate.

First publish date: 2020

Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction

Authors: Brit Bennett

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