Book Club: ‘The Vanishing Half’

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4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

It's Nerdette Book Club! Each month, we read a book and chat about it with a rotating group of panelists.This month’s pick is Brit Bennett’s sophomore novel, The Vanishing Half.

The story starts in rural Louisiana in the late 1950s, when two light-skinned Black girls run away from home to New Orleans. When one decides to pass as white, she leaves her past behind. The book unfolds to tell the stories of both sisters and their daughters as they live with the repercussions of the choices they’ve made.

Listen along as Nerdette host Greta Johnsen discusses the book with Abby West, an editor for Audible, and Kiley Reid, author of Such a Fun Age.

And then get ready for next month’s pick: Last Tang Standing, Lauren Ho’s debut novel. The publisher calls it a cross between Bridget Jones’ Diary and Crazy Rich Asians.

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0:00.0	This fall, W bez invites you to our upcoming live events.
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0:15.6	From W be easy Chicago I'm Greta Johnson and you are listening to the
0:21.4	Nurdat Book Club it's just like a normal book club except you don't have to share your snacks.
0:27.0	I am here with Kylie Reed, the author of such a fun age, which was also a Nurdat Book Club pick.
0:32.2	Kylie, hello.
0:33.5	I'm so excited to be here.
0:34.6	Thanks for having me.
0:35.4	Oh my gosh, I am so excited to have you.
0:38.3	We are also joined by Abby West,
0:40.1	who's an editor at Audible.
0:41.5	Abby, hey!
0:42.8	Hello, I'm also happy to be here.
0:45.2	I think this is just going to be the most fun.
0:47.6	I'm pumped, let's do it.
0:48.8	It's going to be such a fun time.
0:50.3	Get it, Kiley, get it?
0:51.6	I'm sorry, I had to. I've never heard that ever.
0:57.0	Okay so we are also going to hear from a bunch of you. We got a lot of really great
1:05.1	voicemills this time and I can't wait to listen to them. So this month we are talking
1:10.6	about the vanishing half. It is the second book by Britt Bennett. It came out earlier
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