A review by corriejn
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

4.5

Mid-century story of several generations, the plot centering around identical twin teen girls leaving their small, isolated southern town of fair-skinned Black residents and how they carve out their own paths from there (one deciding to pass as white). Multiple generations of the family play a role as major characters, and it includes main themes of race/racism, colorism, family/relationships, and gender.

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