This is a thought provoking book about two generations of a family: identical twin sisters who each have one daughter born in the early 1960s. The twins are both Black, but one makes the decision to pass as white while the other stays within the Black community. The interactions and repercussions on their daughters are really interesting, and the book is beautifully written. The twins (Stella and Desiree) are born in a Louisiana community entirely of light skinned Black people, and are traumatized at a […]
Thought provoking novel about race and privilege in the US
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett


