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Author:
Bennett, Brit, author. aut
Title:
The vanishing half / Brit Bennett.
Publisher:
Riverhead Books,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
343 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Twins--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
African American women--Fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept)--Fiction.
Passing (Identity)--Fiction.
United States--History--20th century--Fiction.
FICTION--Coming of Age.
FICTION--Literary.
FICTION--Women.
Passing (Identity)
Identity (Philosophical concept)
African American women.
Sisters.
Twins.
United States.
African American women--Fiction.
United States--History--20th century--Fiction.
1900-1999
Bildungsromans.
Psychological fiction.
History.
Detective fiction.
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.
History.
Mystery fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Psychological fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Novels.
Fiction.
Contents:
Part I: The lost twins (1968) -- Part II: Maps (1978) -- Part III: Heartlines (1968) -- Part IV: The stage door (1982) -- Part V: Pacific Cove (1985/1988) -- Part VI: Places (1986)
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."--Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0349702314
9780349702315
0525536299
9780525536291
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1119471005
LCCN:
2020005358
Locations:
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls) — Copies: 10
VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah) — Copies: 10
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines) — Copies: 10
SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly) — Copies: 10

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