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The Vanishing Half
- Narrated by: Shayna Small
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Sunday Times best seller.
Longlisted for the Women's Prize 2021.
Longlisted for the National Book Award.
The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, Southern black community and running away at age 16, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities.
Ten years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same Southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' story lines intersect?
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.
Critic Reviews
"A writer to watch." (Washington Post)
"The Vanishing Half is an utterly mesmerising novel. It seduces with its literary flair, surprises with its breath-taking plot twists, delights with its psychological insights, and challenges us to consider the corrupting consequences of racism on different communities and individual lives. I absolutely loved this book." (Bernardine Evaristo, winner of the Booker Prize 2019)
"Bennett allows her characters to follow their worst impulses, and she handles provocative issues with intelligence, empathy and dark humour." (New York Times )
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- parve
- 03-16-21
Poignant
The statement that stood out for me..to be white is to be able to choose. Spoke to so many issues about privilege and how it differentiates us all. Sometimes we are searching even if we don’t know that we are..a restlessness can carry across generations..so much depth too about how the words around us; spoken and unspoken can impact our life journeys. I grew to love the book..so glad I read it!
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-10-21
The Lies We Tell Ourselves
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. A beautiful book that looks at how we sell our souls in order to achieve what we consider dear. Having reached our goals however, we then look back and see what this has cost us. I would highly recommend this. It is food for reflection.
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- Winnie Rugutt-Chebon
- 07-26-21
An all-around, lovely piece of art
An interesting fictional story of the lives of twins girls who grow up and decide to live two different lives. Some of the themes that come out in the book
Racism and how it felt to be black in the 1930s to 1980s in the US
Transgender lives and realities
The human urge to identify or be identified to a group
The different shades of love and marriage
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- SarahH
- 06-02-21
Absolutely stunning
This book is beautifully written and completely captivating. It tells the story of twin black girls whose skin is very light. When they run away for a new start, one continues life as a black girl while the other is mistaken for a white girl and so the two live lives on separate sides of the colour divide in 60s America. When they themselves have daughters the difference in skin colour and lives widens further until their lives accidentally intersect. It’s about lies and secrets, but also love and new starts. It is stunningly beautiful.
Shayna Hall narrates this book brilliantly. She brings the characters and the times to life. Lovely voice to listen to
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- Anonymous User
- 01-19-21
Loved it
I enjoyed the narrator very much. The story was great. I gasped a few times especially the encounters between the twins' daughters and between Jude and Stella.
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- verity
- 10-30-20
a good tale, well read
a different story, creative and vast. a deeper message about life and progression embedded in tale that's interesting even on its own. narrator's voice felt a little grating at first but soon enough became easy to listen to.
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- Chantal V
- 07-05-20
Excellent Read
Captivating story and eloquently read by voice artist. Imagery easily painted in the reader’s mind
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- Janice
- 06-14-20
A superbly written and narrated novel.
The Vanishing Half is one of the most thought provoking novels I’ve listened to in a very long time. At this point in history I think it’s a must read/listen. It is a beautifully written story that left this reader deeply moved. It is at times heartbreaking, but it also leaves you hopeful given the strength and resilience of its characters. This story will stay with me always.
The narration was superb.
Highly recommended
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- Steph
- 06-23-20
An Important Read
Where to begin with this book? There are so many angles and themes that you could take this from... It has an intriguing opening - a bit like a 'what if' scenario - an unmarked town full of light skinned people who think of themselves as superior to other black people. Then a set of twins, who slip off into the night one summer, leaving no trace. Only for one twin to return as suddenly as she left, followed by a little dark skinned girl...
The multi-generational story really dives into the details of prejudice, systemic racism and most importantly, the often overlooked issue of colorism. It also looks at families, contains complex mother-daughter relationships and in a very understated way also looks at the effect of broken homes and the importance of the father.
The story is fictional but is plotted against important historic events in American history. This framing means that it is realistic, but with a slight displacement that stops it feeling as raw or uncomfortable as some may otherwise have found it. This is with the exception of one violent scene that really saddened me but even this (like most of the harsher scenes in the book) was softened around the edges by being recalled as a memory . It also makes unfamiliar topics completely accessible to anyone through quality story telling (there are two in particular that I have in mind, one is colorism but I don't want to spoil the second for anyone else).
Pacing wise, I found it occasionally a bit slow for my liking, especially towards the end, but there was great tension. If you are the type who likes explosive scenes then you will not find much joy here. The storyline doesn't really carry a shock factor in terms of twists and turns but it certainly takes you by the hand and really makes you think and reflect and savour the range of emotion it induces - it uses your own understandings about family to penetrate your depths.
This is a book that demands attention - I listened to this on Audible and there are several time jumps that are woven together masterfully - you cannot skim read or listen while half concentrated on something else. If your mind wanders for a second, you will find yourself lost. It is worth every drop of your attention though. The reader did a great job too. I usually have to have the ebook in front of me whilst I read or I lose focus but I found myself engaged even though I didn't get the ebook this time.
The ending was satisfying and unhurried too. It was realistic - not so neat and perfect that it felt silly but it still felt complete. I would highly recommend this book, whichever format you choose to read it in.
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- emily uk
- 08-31-20
Great booked ruined by narrator
This is SUCH a good story, but the narration kills it I'm afraid.
I'm going to buy a physical copy to read and cleanse my brain of the irritation, because every time I think of the story or hear the author's name or the book title, I feel tense. The whole way through listening I felt tense. Couldn't fully relax end enjoy it.
This is an important book, as well as being a terrific story. It deserves much better.
21 people found this helpful
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- Sigrin
- 09-24-20
Powerful story written with a tenderness.
I Chose this books on the reviews and it certainly lived up to it high star rating. The summary tells everything you need to know about the book, so I will not bore you with a repetition.
The story needs your complete attention as there is so many small details that are important and make the whole a sum if it’s parts. The exploration of black and white, mother daughter relationship, living in isolation, rich and poor, growing up in a fatherless house are beautiful and sensitively told but also in a no holds bare way too.
My only criticism of this book is the narrator. Personally I have never been a fan of American narrators and unfortunately Shyna Small just did not deliver this book in a way that I really could connect with it. It was almost that she was trying too hard. Personally I would suggest the exceptional voice of Bahni Turpin to narrate.
Despite the criticism as it’s a personal thing, I would highly recommend this book.
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- Sarah Rayner, author
- 08-04-20
Beautifully written and brilliantly read
This is a stunning novel. The blurb details the premise but narrative is more sweeping and ambitious than it suggests: the author - and narrator - deftly switch characters and across timelines to explore big subjects (race, what makes us who we are, family ties and lost connections and gender). It’s especially prescient in the wake of BLM (but given the speed of the publishing industry must have been written long before the current movement to be out now). One of my favourite books on audio so far. Do listen - it’s a real ‘grower’ and I resoundingly recommend it.
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- KK
- 08-02-20
Had potential but never achieved it
enjoyed the premise of this story very much and it held alot of promise, but unfortunately it did not deliver for me. the start was great, alot of background information and developing of the story, but then midway through for me it lost it's way and never came back. I found the jumping around in years to different characters storyline confusing and hard to follow and I think this spoiled the usual enjoyment of the build up to the end. when the end came it was too quick and left a lot of loose ends. I felt quite let down, it didn't really tie anything up and I think the rushed ending meant that some of the story felt unbelievable. It was a shame as I think the story had a lot of potential.
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- V. O'Regan
- 06-12-20
A powerful story
This was an excellent novel that explored some sensitive issues in an open way. All round excellent
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- Anonymous User
- 08-18-21
Not one for me.
Struggled to finish this book. While the themes were familiar and narration was very good, despite not being able to tell the difference between characters at times, the pacing and the back and forth between sides of each story was just too much to keep my interest.
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- Sally
- 04-05-21
Compelling & enjoyable but didn’t know how to end
I really enjoyed listening to this story and kept wanting to keep going even when I had other things to do! But I felt surprised by the ending as it didn’t really end - it was like it just stopped. Maybe a snapshot of lives just does this, but I was slightly disappointed after what had been otherwise a great book.
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- amy singleton
- 08-17-21
very slow read but good overall story
I enjoyed the overall story but I did think the author dragged out the story at times. you could cut out a lot of the book and it would be the same story and be as good.
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- Adam Plant
- 07-10-21
unable to follow the story
maybe better as a book.
but the audio book format for this book just doesn't work.
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- Eleanor
- 09-25-20
A vivid story
This novel was picked by my bookclub, I'm not sure I would have chosen it myself as the story seemed a little fantastical. That would have been a shame because this is a wonderful novel, such a vivid story that drew me in. Brit Bennett's writing is completely compelling. I listened to it at 1.5x speed which I haven't done before, but I found the narration a little slow.
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- Omri Bahat-Treidel
- 03-14-21
Not engaging
I couldn’t engage with the story and gave up after 2 or 3 hours of listening
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- Erik Boman
- 12-06-20
A captivating story
I enjoyed this book. Just finished it. I wanted to leave a good review and here it is.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-03-20
My favourite book of 2020
What a beautiful book. The story fascinating, the characters so vivid and the writing amazing. Please read it everyone.
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- Estella
- 11-18-20
Slow to start but very engaging once you get in
Has a hard time with the book initially but once more characters and lives are developed I finished in no time and felt it was really worth it! Lovely story, interesting characters and concepts
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- Fernanda Fogli
- 03-02-23
Performance is bad
Narrator doesn't know how to make proper voices and it's really annoying to follow. story is OK, wish I had enjoyed more.
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- Kate
- 11-09-22
A story of change and the need for acceptance .
Beautifully written, & cleverly narrated, I found myself looking forward to each new chapter. The interwoven stories of each of the characters' search for authenticity (or lack there of ), of the need for change (or pretence) to secure acceptance, of social rejection, of aging and of love is set within the history of 3 generations. The history of social reform (or, again, lack there of) in the USA over 5 decades within the 20th century is personalized in this story. A fascinating and well paced novel which I have enjoyed immensely.
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- Christine Campbell
- 10-08-22
I wanted a lot more from this book
I tried hard to enjoy this story while wanting most of the time to give up and it was chapter 9 before I felt at all engaged, even then I was less than inspired. Book club was reading it so I persevered. The reader's accent really bugged me and I spent a lot of time trying to relate it with the story even though the accent was likely right for an American story.. the constant drawl was distracting and removed me from the characters so the black vs white theme had no impact. In hindsight I should have trusted my instincts and left it early on.
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- Ms Frances A Day
- 03-10-22
Enjoyed it!
Could do with some editing especially at the end otherwise very good. Enjoyed it very much.
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- WizDownUnder
- 02-27-22
An interesting story well performed
I liked the book, it was different from what I usually listen to. Easy to listen to, nice voices giving the performance.
I found the ending a little abrupt though.
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I'm not a one-night stand kind of woman. I'm especially not the woman who has a few drinks at a concert and ends up in bed with my childhood celebrity crush, Eli Walsh. However, that's exactly where I find myself. What's a girl to do after a drunken mistake? Run. I grab my clothes and get away from the powerful, irresistible, and best-sex-of-my-life superstar as fast as I can.
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Andi!!!!
- By Hilary on 09-25-17
By: Corinne Michaels
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The House on the Water
- A Novella
- By: Margot Hunt
- Narrated by: Taylor Schilling
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Original Recording
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Every year, Caroline Reed takes a trip with her best friend, Esme Lamont. They’re usually accompanied by their spouses - but this year, everything’s changed. Esme has just gone through a bitter divorce, and Caroline's wondering if her own marriage is reaching its breaking point as she and her husband, John, cope with the discovery that their son has been abusing drugs. Still, the inseparable duo books a weeklong stay at a beach-front home in Shoreham, Florida, inviting Esme’s brother, Nick, and his new husband. After a blissful first night in the vacation home, tragedy strikes.
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LADIES, TAKE A LISTEN. This is so good!
- By McSusie on 12-04-20
By: Margot Hunt
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The Secret Garden
- By: Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Narrated by: Carrie Hope Fletcher
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Mary Lennox starts her life as an unhappy victim of circumstance. After the loss of her parents, she moves to rural Yorkshire to live with a distant uncle where she resents the wildness of the countryside. At first, she struggles to find a place in this new existence. Although unsure about her surroundings and its occupants, through the gentle guidance of the maid she gradually becomes interested in the story of Mrs Craven, who apparently used to spend her time in a garden at the house, the key to which has vanished.
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Fabulous
- By Lady Lightning on 05-19-20
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Too Late
- By: Colleen Hoover
- Narrated by: Emma Hudson, Ryan Gray, Max Thomas
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Sloan will go through hell and back for those she loves. And she does, every single day. After finding herself stuck in a relationship with the dangerous and morally corrupt Asa Jackson, Sloan will do whatever it takes to get by until she's able to find a way out.
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Good story with excellent narration.
- By Misty Walker on 05-18-17
By: Colleen Hoover
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Consolation
- The Consolation Duet, Volume 1
- By: Corinne Michaels
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Sebastian York
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Liam wasn't supposed to be my happily ever after. He wasn't even on my radar. He was my husband's best friend - forbidden. But my husband is dead, and I'm alone. I ache for him, and I reach for Liam. One night with Liam changed everything. Now I have to decide if I truly love him or if he's just the consolation prize.
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TRAGIC, HEARTBREAKING, BREATHTAKING & BEAUTIFUL
- By CAROLYN 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 on 11-18-15
By: Corinne Michaels
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Jane Eyre
- By: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrated by: Thandiwe Newton
- Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Following Jane from her childhood as an orphan in Northern England through her experience as a governess at Thornfield Hall, Charlotte Brontë's Gothic classic is an early exploration of women's independence in the mid-19th century and the pervasive societal challenges women had to endure. At Thornfield, Jane meets the complex and mysterious Mr. Rochester, with whom she shares a complicated relationship that ultimately forces her to reconcile the conflicting passions of romantic love and religious piety.
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Perfect!!
- By Amazon Customer on 04-21-16
By: Charlotte Brontë