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Book Review of The Vanishing Half

The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half
Author: Brit Bennett
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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The Vignes twin girls grow up in a town that is not found on a map. They are African-American and growing in a town that has been proud of the fact that all of their residents are near-white in their complexions.
Desiree and Stella escape home at the ages of sixteen and try to make their lives elsewhere. They do well, although Stella becomes involved with a man and takes off without a word to her twin.
They will lead very separate lives, but circumstances will interplay with their families.

This was well written and really gets you thinking.