The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (2020, 352 pages)
Identical twins Stella and Desiree grow up in a small, deep south town obsessed with light skin. When they run away as teenagers, they start to drift apart. One continues to live her life as white, with a white family, kids, neighborhood, life. The other continues living as Black, marrying "the darkest man she could find." As a result, the twins' respective daughter (cousins to each other) look nothing alike.
In a story that spans decades and many cultures in America through space and time, we follow the four main characters through their lives and identities.
Amazing prose, had me crying by the end!
★★★★★
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