The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett
Women's Prize for Fiction · 2020 · ShortlistWaterstones Book of the Year · 2020 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Women's Prize for Fiction | 2020 | Shortlist |
| Waterstones Book of the Year | 2020 | Shortlist |
About This Book
The Vignes twin sisters, light-skinned Black women who grew up in a fictional Southern town in the 1950s, run away at sixteen. One returns home to raise her daughter in the same community; the other passes as white. Decades later, their daughters—one Black, one white-passing—meet in Los Angeles. A multigenerational saga about race, identity, and the lives we choose to live.
About the Author
Brit BennettAmerican
Brit Bennett is an American novelist born in 1990 in Southern California. She graduated from Stanford University and earned an MFA from the University of Michigan. Her debut novel The Mothers (2016) was widely praised. Read more →
