Rabeea Saleem

Dark secrets: The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett, reviewed

Bennett’s compelling novel explores the fraught subject of what it means to ‘pass for white’ in a black community

: Brit Bennett. Credit: Getty Images 
issue 18 July 2020
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  • The Vanishing Half

    Brit Bennett

    Dialogue Books, pp. 352, £14

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