This February, in honor of Black History Month, the Gunn Library Book Club invites you to explore Britt Bennett’s The Vanishing Half. This compelling and thought-provoking novel delves into identity, race, and family themes, following the divergent paths of twin sisters who choose very different lives.
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.

Brit Bennett offers an engrossing page-turner about family and relationships that is immersive, provocative, compassionate, and wise.

Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with fellow readers and reflect on the novel’s timely and impactful themes.

To register, visit: www.gunnlibrary.org/calendar/gml-thursday-book-club-the-vanishing-half-by-brit-bennett/

Gunn Memorial Library
5 Wykeham Road
Washington, CT 06793

https://www.gunnlibrary.org/calendar/gml-thursday-book-club-the-vanishing-half-by-brit-bennett/