The fading half

The two girls have always been identical twins, but after fleeing their small restricted community at the age of 16, not only did their daily life change, but everything else changed as well; their family, their communities, and even their racial identity. Through weaving stories of multiple generations of this family, from the depths of the south to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brett Bennett presents an emotional and inspiring family story and a wonderful exploration of American history. And if we look closely beyond issues of race, the story of the fading half takes into account the lasting impact of the past because it shapes a person's decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the reasons and multiple worlds in which people sometimes feel the desire to live in a different mold that does not belong to their origins. And as with her bestselling first work in The New York Times "The Mothers," Brett Bennett here offers an inspiring reflection on family and familial relationships that can only be described as an immersive, provocative, compassionate, and wise stance at the same time "The Fading Half: The Fairy Tale We Need Now to Tell Us the Truth as It Is." Fox Newspaper "At the age of twenty-six, Bennett established her presence in 2016 with her first novel "The Mothers." And then her latest novels came to be a harsh test of contemporary success and the price many pay for a new identity." Washington Post