
The vanishing half / Brit Bennett.
Available copies
- 3 of 24 copies available at Sage Library System.
Current holds
12 current holds with 24 total copies.
Summary:
"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, Brit 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 issues of race, The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person's decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins."View other formats and editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Age Hold Protection | Active/Create Date | Status | Due Date |
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Baker County Library | BENNETT (Brit) (Text) | 37814003312163 | FICTION - NEW | Book | System_Only_3months | 10/08/2020 | In transit | - |
Baker County Library | BENNETT (Brit) (Text) | 37814003312692 | FICTION - NEW | Book | System_Only_3months | 10/08/2020 | Checked out | 02/06/2021 |
Cook Memorial Library - La Grande | F Bennett, B (Text) | 35178001805772 | Adult Fiction | Book | None | 06/09/2020 | Checked out | 01/28/2021 |
Enterprise Public Library | FIC Bennett (Text) | 30001000322455 | Adult Fiction | Book | None | 01/07/2021 | Checked out | 02/03/2021 |
Gilliam County Library | F BENN (Text) | 37823000181950 | New | New/High Demand | Branch_Only_3months | 12/07/2020 | Available | - |
Harney County Library | FIC BENNE (Text) | 37720000600742 | New Adult Display | Book | Branch_Only_3months | 07/22/2020 | In transit | - |
Hermiston Public Library | FIC BENN (Text) | 37838000493437 | Adult Fiction | Book | Branch_Only_3months | 08/26/2020 | Checked out | 02/09/2021 |
Hood River County Library | FIC BENNETT (Text) | 33892100242891 | Adult New Books | Book | None | 07/17/2020 | Checked out | 02/06/2021 |
Hood River County Library | FIC BENNETT (Text) | 33892100685578 | Adult New Books | Book | None | 07/10/2020 | On holds shelf | - |
Hood River Valley High School Library | FIC BEN (Text) | 33892006091657 | Fiction | Book | Branch_Only_3months | 01/26/2021 | Available | - |
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Record details
- ISBN: 9780525536291
- ISBN: 0525536299
- Physical Description: 343 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2020.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | "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, Brit 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 issues of race, The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person's decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins." -- Provided by publisher. |
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Subject: | Twins > Fiction. Sisters > Fiction. African American women > Fiction. United States > History > 20th century > Fiction. |
Genre: | Mystery fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Historical fiction. |