Title: The Vanishing Half
Author: Brit Bennett
Genre: Historical Fiction
Told from multiple perspectives, this novel follows two sisters who choose different paths. One returns to their small Louisiana town to raise her daughter and eventually take care of the mother she left as a teen. The other sister marries a white man and passes as white, keeping her family history a secret. Years later their daughters meet by chance in California, and one of them discovers the truth about their connection. Beautifully told and bittersweet, this story examines how our choices, more than our circumstances at birth, can inform who we are.
