[This book cl ub meets every second Tuesday of the month at 7 pm]
\nJoin us to dis cuss The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett:
\n"The Vignes twin siste rs will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small\, so uthern 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. Many 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 w hite 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. W hat will happen to the next generation\, when their own daughters' storyli nes intersect?
\nWeaving together multiple strands and generations of this family\, from th e Deep South to California\, from the 1950s to the 1990s\, Brit Bennett pr oduces a story that is at once a riveting\, emotional family story and a b rilliant exploration of the American history of passing. \;Looking wel l beyond issues of race\, \;The Vanishing Half \;consider s the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person's decisions\, de sires\, and expectations\, and explores some of the multiple reasons and r ealms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other tha n their origins."
\nIn order to participate\, \; please click one of the \;REGISTER \;but tons above. \;
\nPhysical copies of the book will be ava ilable for participants to borrow at the Circulation Desk \;beginning August 10\, 2022.
\nIf you have any questions\, ple ase email: \;frances.brawner@westlakelibrary.org
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