The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Release Date: June 2, 2020
Length: 352 pages
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Black twin sisters flee their small, insular southern town in search of something more, something different; one returns, while the other seems to vanish….

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Single Sentence Summary: Beautiful, amber skinned Nadia’s life is set adrift following her mother’s suicide, causing her to make choices over the course of one summer that reverberate throughout her lifetime.

Primary Characters: The three main characters in this book have a triangular relationship that changes again and again over the span of more than 10 years. Nadia Turner – “hiding in her prettiness,” she is a smart but wild, going-places girl whose mother committed suicide six months before the story begins. Luke Sheppard – slightly older, handsome, college dropout and son of the Upper Room pastor. Aubrey Evans – another motherless girl, but for Aubrey it was her own decision. She is quiet, vulnerable and active in the Upper Room church community….

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