Title: The Vanishing Half
Description: Brit Bennett’s chart topping novel, The Vanishing Half, is a story that tracks the lives of twin African American twin sisters who, after witnessing the murder of their father, run away at age 16. One sister begins passing as white and the other sister remains true to her identity. The Vanishing Half explores the intricacies of identity, family, and race in a provocative, but compassionate way.
Subjects: African American, Twins, fiction, race, identity, compassion, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2020-06-21, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Sisters, fiction, Twins, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, family life, Sisters, African American women, Identity (Philosophical concept), Passing (Identity), History, Literary, Fiction, family life, general, Coming of Age, Women
Places: Louisiana, New Orleans, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, UCLA
Time periods: 1950’s, 1970’s