Get ready for a sweeping, emotionally rich novel about twin sisters who choose to live vastly different lives—one Black, one passing as white. Raised in a small Southern town obsessed with light skin, Desiree and Stella run away as teenagers. Years later, Desiree returns with her dark-skinned daughter, while Stella disappears into a world of secrets, living as a white woman with a family who knows nothing of her past.

Spanning generations and shifting identities, The Vanishing Half explores how the choices we make about who we are—and who we pretend to be—ripple through time. It’s a deeply human story about race, family, belonging, and the quiet heartbreak of becoming someone else.