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' story lines 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 passingu003ciu003e.u003c/iu003e Looking well beyond issues of race, u003ciu003eThe Vanishing Halfu003c/iu003e 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.u003cbu003ePraise for Brit Bennett:u003c/bu003eu003cbu003e'A writer to watch'u003c/bu003e u003ciu003eWashington Postu003c/iu003e u003cbu003e'Bennett allows her characters to follow their worst impulses, and she handles provocative issues with intelligence, empathy and dark humour'u003c/bu003e u003ciu003eNew York Timesu003c/iu003e u003cbu003e'Au003c/bu003e u003cbu003ebeautifully written, sad and lingering book'u003c/bu003e u003ciu003eGuardianu003c/iu003e on u003ciu003eThe Mothersu003c/iu003e
