The Vanishing Half
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Narrated by:
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Shayna Small
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By:
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Brit Bennett
About this listen
Sunday Times bestseller
Longlisted for the Women's Prize 2021
Longlisted for the Orwell Prize
Longlisted for the National Book Award
The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern 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. Ten 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 white 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. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' story lines intersect?
Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing. Looking well beyond issues of race, The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person's decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins.
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Critic reviews
"A writer to watch." (Washington Post)
"The Vanishing Half is an utterly mesmerising novel. It seduces with its literary flair, surprises with its breath-taking plot twists, delights with its psychological insights, and challenges us to consider the corrupting consequences of racism on different communities and individual lives. I absolutely loved this book." (Bernardine Evaristo, winner of the Booker Prize 2019)
"Bennett allows her characters to follow their worst impulses, and she handles provocative issues with intelligence, empathy and dark humour." (New York Times )
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- Anita L.
- 04-12-20
compulsive
I couldn't put it down, is my only complaint! I read it for book club, we all loved it!
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- L. V. Smith
- 19-05-21
Brilliantly narrated
Wonderful story which is immaculately narrated. Loved every minute of this. Brit Bennett is the real deal.
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- Sam N
- 04-06-21
Excellent
I really enjoyed this. Took a while for me to get into it but very glad I persisted. Loved the characters. The narration is excellent.
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- Kristina
- 15-03-21
Amazing
I enjoyed the book very very much! The whole experience wouldn’t be so good if it wasn’t Shayna Small’s incredible reading skills! Thanks Shayna 🌟
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- elizabeth walsh
- 16-03-21
Great story.
Loved it was sad to realise it was over. Would Highly recommend it, very interesting.
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- Karren
- 09-07-20
Didn’t want it to end
Loved this book and loved the narration too.
An exploration of love, of race, of sexuality, of family I didn’t want it to end, I was so immersed in the characters and in their lives. Always great to find a “new to you” author and narrator. I’ve just bought
“ The Mothers “ and am about to start that.
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- Nadia
- 19-12-22
A good read
I enjoyed this book. Well written and a good story. It was a little long.
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- georgia
- 05-09-23
Fabulous book Great narrator!!!!
Really enjoyed listening to this audio the narration was amazing and a captivating story I would highly recommend
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- Fozzie74
- 28-08-21
Fabulous book.. Well narrated.
Loved this story. It was so well narrated, I was drawn in from the very start.
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- Clare Peters
- 27-08-21
great story
really interesting listen with ethics and ideas from another era . Greatly enjoyed it.
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