The vanishing half Bennett, Brit creator author. text Fiction History Historical fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction. nyu 2022 2020 Riverhead trade paperback edition. monographic eng print 389 pages ; 21 cm 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, Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing. Looking well beyond the issues of race, it considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person's decisions, desires, and expectations. Brit Bennett. n-us--- Twins Fiction Sisters Fiction African American women Fiction Identity (Philosophical concept) Fiction Racially mixed people Fiction Passing (Identity) Fiction United States History 20th century Fiction Sœurs Romans, nouvelles, etc Noires américaines Romans, nouvelles, etc Identité Romans, nouvelles, etc Passing (Identité) Romans, nouvelles, etc États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Romans, nouvelles, etc African American women Identity (Philosophical concept) Passing (Identity) Racially mixed people Sisters Twins United States 1900-1999 fast PS3602.E66444 V36 2022 813.6 0525536965 9780525536963 YDX 211029 20240223153722.7 in00004779836 eng