![]() ![]() They each suffered a malaise that was similarly experienced but the author was too lazy to explore it. They just moved from one day to the next like they could not take charge of their lives. I was very intrigued about the lives of the sisters, but I got no satisfaction of what made them what they were. And I don’t say plot because it was not part of the plot. It was like there was not enough going on with the sisters lives, the author felt it necessary to throw this red herring into the story. The premise of the story about the twins lives got lost in many pages of LGBTQ trans issues. The novel has an arresting narrative and focuses on the choices people make, the secrets they hold and the consequences that unfold from this dynamic. Their stories…and the backstories of their forebears is told over a span of almost forty years, beginning in the 1950s. The other sister passes for white and lives a privileged life. One sister marries an extremely dark skinned man and has a dark skinned daughter. “The Vanishing Half: A Novel” by Brit Bennett ![]()
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