Long Island Reads 2021: The Vanishing Half

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The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Identical twin sisters grow up together in small-town Louisiana before choosing very different lives. Years later, one sister lives with her Black daughter in the same town, while the other secretly passes for white. Even separated by many miles and many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation when their own daughter’s lives intersect?

Author Brit Bennett will be honored at the 2021 Long Island Reads virtual event via an online Crowdcast program hosted by Plainview-Old Bethpage Library on Sunday, April 11 at 2 p.m. Free "tickets" are available through Eventbrite.  

Books may be available for patrons in our "Lucky Reads" collection or reserve a copy now. 

Signed/Bookplated books are available for purchase through the Book Revue website

Brit Bennett, who is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree, is the author of The Mothers, also a New York Times bestseller. The Vanishing Half is her second novel and was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller.

 

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About Long Island Reads

"Long Island Reads began in 2002 and is an Island-wide reading initiative intended to bring together readers from across Nassau and Suffolk Counties to discuss a book and participate in library-sponsored activities and events associated with it.  The committee endeavors to choose a title that has a direct Long Island connection and lends itself to related programming."

Published by on March 09, 2021
Last Modified April 19, 2024
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Adults