Book Club Vanishing Half

The vanishing half was easily a five star book for me.

Book club vanishing half. Thank you for your interest in the vanishing half for your book club. That might sound pejorative but please trust me i don t mean it to. This comprehensive guide includes useful background to the novel a full plot summary discussion of themes symbols detailed character notes thought provoking discussion questions and even a quick quiz.

The vanishing half follows the twins and their families through decades of time from the 1950s to the 1990s and several more american settings amongst the backdrop of their differing identities. In many ways the town is another character to the story. An essential tool for all reading groups.

No reading group should be without this book club companion to bret bennett s acclaimed novel the vanishing half. The vanishing half published in june 2020 is the second novel by author brit bennett it became a new york times bestseller and was selected as a good morning america book club pick. The spark for this novel first arrived to me one winter morning in 2015 while i was talking to my mother on the phone and she mentioned offhandedly a town she d heard about when she was a child growing up in rural louisiana.

9780525536291 summary from the author of the mothers a stunning new novel about twin sisters inseparable as children who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds one black and one white. Reese had also been unable to reveal his skin. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy.

Bennett covered similar material in her debut novel the mothers 2016 which also became a new york times. The vanishing half is a quintessential book club book. Review of the vanishing half.

Our reading guide for the vanishing half by brit bennett includes book club discussion questions book reviews plot summary synopsis and author bio. Their shedding of clothes and enjoying the water. Reese had also b more jude avoided swimming in that river as a girl because she didn t want her skin exposed to the critical eyes of the mallard residents.