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2 de jun. de 2020 · Four years later, Bennett introduces a new cast of characters, and like her debut, The Vanishing Half examines sisterhood, black identity, and parenthood with compassion and conviction. The Vignes twins grew up inseparable in the ’60s in Mallard, Louisiana, a small town reserved for black residents with light skin.
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THE VANISHING HALF by Britt Bennett is a riveting exploration of identity, encompassing race, culture, sexuality, and economics. Set against the backdrop of the 1950s to the 1990s, the Vignes twin sisters' divergent paths reveal the profound impact of personal choices on familial ties and societal expectations.
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14 de set. de 2022 · The Vanishing Half deals with a similar topic so I was not in a rush to pick it up. It came up as an audiobook suggestion, however, so I decided to give it a go over the summer. The story begins with twin sisters Stella and Desiree Vignes, growing up in the small town of Mallard, Louisiana in the 1950s. Segregation remains in place in the Deep ...
31 de mar. de 2024 · The Vanishing Half Summary. The story starts in April 1968 when Desiree Vignes comes back to Mallard after being away for fourteen years. She brings along her daughter, Jude, who has dark skin. The first part of the story talks about why Desiree and her twin sister Stella left Mallard in 1954, their time apart in New Orleans, and why Desiree ...
2 de jun. de 2020 · The Vanishing Half answers all these questions in this exquisite story of love, survival and triumph.” — The Washington Post “A stunning page-turner… It’s a powerful story about family, compassion, identity and roots… You will be thinking about The Vanishing Half long after you turn the final page.” —Good Morning America ...
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Leaving behind their lives in Mallard, Desiree and Stella run away to start a new life in New Orleans - only for just one of the twins to return back home. A story throughout three generations within the families and how different their lives unfolded - all of them happy as can be. My love grew more and more with each individual in the story ...
29 de mai. de 2020 · “The Vanishing Half,” by Brit Bennett, considers fraught questions of racial identity, personal freedom and community in a story that stretches from the Jim Crow South to 1980s Los Angeles.
