5/21/2023 0 Comments The vanishing half goodreads![]() ![]() Indeed, the people of Mallard grapple with forming a single identity: they desire lightness, yet unequivocally identify with their blackness. Mallard is a southern community that is “obsessed with lightness.” Although the entire community is populated by Black people, its members are consumed with the idea of being light because of internalized oppression. This novel highlights a set of twins, the Vignes sisters, from Mallard, LA. ![]() ![]() The characters lift off the page and are bound into a beautiful story that illuminates themes of race, formation of identity, recurrence, and progress. This novel is wonderfully intricate and beautifully written. It should come as no surprise that The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett won the Goodreads Choice Awards for the best historical fiction novel of 2020 and was immediately picked up by HBO to be made into a limited series. Book Review: The Vanishing Half A Compelling Tale of Identity and Sisterhood ![]()
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