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Jun 2, 2020 · 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 ...
- The Mothers
This book fell super flat for me, so unlike Brit Bennett’s...
- Brit Bennett
Born and raised in Southern California, Brit Bennett...
- The Mothers
She is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree, and her debut novel The Mothers was a New York Times bestseller. Her second novel The Vanishing Half was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller. Her essays have been featured in The New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, The Paris Review, and Jezebel. Show more.
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Born and raised in Southern California, Brit Bennett graduated from Stanford University and later earned her MFA in fiction at the University of Michigan, where she won a Hopwood Award in Graduate Short Fiction as well as the 2014 Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers. She is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree, and her debut novel ...
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Jun 2, 2020 · The outcome, while predictable, is achieved with more suspense and less sentimental histrionics than usual for Hannah. Above-average formula fiction, making full display of the author’s strong suits: sense of place, compassion for characters and understanding of family dynamics. Share your opinion of this book.
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1119471005. Dewey Decimal. 813/.6. LC Class. PS3602.E66444 V36 2020. The Vanishing Half is a historical fiction novel by American author Brit Bennett. It is her second novel and was published by Riverhead Books in 2020. The novel debuted at number one on The New York Times fiction best-seller list.
Jun 2, 2020 · The Vanishing Half is a novel that shows just how human emotion, uncertainty and longing can be captured and put on paper.” —Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie "A novel of immense, shining, powerful intelligence.” —Deborah Levy, two-time Booker shortlisted novelist “An impressive and arresting novel. Perceptive in its insights and poised in execution, this is an important ...
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