The vanishing half : a novel
Title
:
The vanishing half : a novel
Author
:
Bennett, Brit author.
ISBN
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9780593286104
Edition
:
1st large print ed.
Physical Description
:
462 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Subject Term
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Twins -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.
African American women -- Fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
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United States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Genre
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Historical fiction.
Local Subject
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Large print editions.
Summary
:
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. --
Library | Call Number | Status |
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Bayport Public Library | LP FICTION BEN | Checked Out |
Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake) | LP FICTION BEN | Checked Out |
Oakdale Library | LP FICTION BEN | Checked Out |
Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove) | LP FICTION BEN | Large Print Collection |
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | LP FICTION BEN | Checked Out |
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | LP FICTION BEN | Checked Out |