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This was terrific. So many family, identity, race and gender issues covered, but not in a preachy “in your face” way. Not a single character you could fully understand - they all had their “vanishing halves”.
I had been looking forward to this and it did not disappoint. I was fascinated by what was happening almost from the beginning to the end. I had enjoyed Passing years ago and I wanted to see what a contemporary author does with that theme. I can't say I loved the characters but they were certainly intriguing. I was disappointed by (view spoiler)
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This is one of those books that you just have to sit with for a while and just let the story sink into your bones. I have never heard of the author (this is her second novel), but this was a novel that really got under your skin, pun intended. The story begins in the 1940s when two twin sisters witness their father being lynched in Mallard, LA, a unique town where light-skinned negroes are the majority, and the lighter your skin, the "better" you are. As can be seen in the Goodreads s ...more
This is one of those books that you just have to sit with for a while and just let the story sink into your bones. I have never heard of the author (this is her second novel), but this was a novel that really got under your skin, pun intended. The story begins in the 1940s when two twin sisters witness their father being lynched in Mallard, LA, a unique town where light-skinned negroes are the majority, and the lighter your skin, the "better" you are. As can be seen in the Goodreads s ...more
This multigenerational historical fiction novel is a poignant exploration of race, identity, and the complexities of familial bonds. It unfolds across the decades beginning in the 1950s, a time marked by racial segregration, Jim Crow laws, and prejudice.
The novel begins in the fictional farming community of Mallad, a Louisiana town so small that it isn't listed on any map. Many of the African-Americans in this village are light in complexion such as the identical twins and protagonists of our s ...more
The novel begins in the fictional farming community of Mallad, a Louisiana town so small that it isn't listed on any map. Many of the African-Americans in this village are light in complexion such as the identical twins and protagonists of our s ...more
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