The Vanishing Half A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)

The Vanishing Half is a multi-generational family saga that centers on identical twin sisters, Desiree and Stella Vignes, who run away from their small, Southern black community in Mallard, Louisiana, at age sixteen. As adults, their lives take dramatically different paths, with one sister secretly choosing to pass for white and cutting ties with her past, while the other eventually returns to her hometown with her black daughter. The novel explores themes of race, identity, colorism, and the enduring influence of the past across multiple decades, from the 1950s to the 1990s, as the twins' lives and the lives of their respective daughters become intertwined.

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