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The Vanishing Half
by Bennett, Brit
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/No DJ
- ISBN 10
- 0525536965
- ISBN 13
- 9780525536963
- Seller
-
Southampton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Riverhead Books, 2022. First Riverhead trade paperback edition. Very Good +/No DJ. 12mo = 7-9". n/a. First Printing Trade paperback. Clean interior and exterior. No highlights or markings in text. Strong and tight binding.
Synopsis
The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it’s not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it’s everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters’ storylines intersect? 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 lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person’s decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- F53261
- Title
- The Vanishing Half
- Author
- Bennett, Brit
- Illustrator
- n/a
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Edition
- First Riverhead trade paperback edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0525536965
- ISBN 13
- 9780525536963
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2022
- Pages
- 389pp
- Size
- 12mo = 7-9"
- Keywords
Terms of Sale
Heritage Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives not as described or damaged.
About the Seller
Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2008
Southampton, Massachusetts
About Heritage Books
Our bookshop is located in the historic town library building of Southampton, Massachusetts. Southampton lies within the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts with a view of Pomeroy Mountain to the West and Mt. Tom to the North. It is situated between the artistic, vibrant communities of Easthampton and Northampton and the city of Westfield. We have a collection of over 40,000 books with many more waiting to be unboxed and squeezed onto our shelves. The large double-door front entrance will lead you to our main floor where we hold a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles, as well as a good selection of scarce and rare editions. The original fireplace is surrounded by hardbacks and you can peer out the original nine-foot windows. Take the staircase to the basement and you will find our large children's section and many shelves full of paperbacks. Our physical address is 225 College Highway/Route 10. Our mailing address is 241 College Highway & Clark St. P.O. Box 100 Southampton, MA 01073. The store hours indicated are by appointment only Monday through Friday, and Saturday and Sunday you can stop in. Please call to schedule an appointment if you can't make it to the store on the weekends from 11 am to 3 pm.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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