The Vanishing Half
Author: Brit Bennett
Twins, inseparable as children, ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds: one black and one white.The Vignes 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, including their racial iden….Read More
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