The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett - Women's Prize 2021 Shortlisted Fiction - Paperback

Condition: Brand New. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9780349701479. Publisher: Dialogue Books. Age Range: Adult. Overview. A New York Times bestseller and Women's Prize 2021 shortlisted novel, The Vanishing Half is a sweeping, multi-generational story about identity, family and the lies we tell to survive. Brit Bennett follows twin sisters who choose radically different paths, exploring race, belonging and inheritance across decades. Beautifully written and emotionally rich, this brand-new paperback edition is a must-have for fans of literary fiction and book club favourites alike.. About the Book. The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical, but after growing up together in a small, Southern black community and running away together at age sixteen, their lives could not be more different. Ten years later, one sister lives in the same Southern town she once tried to escape, raising her black daughter, while the other secretly passes as white, her white husband completely unaware of her past. Though separated by distance, deception and years of silence, the sisters' fates remain tightly bound. The novel moves fluidly between the 1950s Deep South and 1990s California, widening in scope to follow the twins' own daughters as their drastically different worlds collide. Brit Bennett weaves a layered, propulsive narrative that examines how race, gender and class shape identity across generations, and asks what it truly means to choose, or lose, a sense of self. Praised for its elegan...