An introspective inter-generational novel with people haunted by their past and past actions.  A story that maps the scars that historic racism has left on the secret lives of today.  This week we review Brit Bennett's fantastic second novel The Vanishing Half, the book that's already made our shortlist for best book of the year.

This is the last novel in our series Race in Contemporary America where we read books written by contemporary minority writers.  We previously reviewed and discussed Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead and There There by Tommy Orange.

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