The Vanishing Half
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People thought that being one of a kind made you special. No, it just made you lonely. What was special was belonging with someone else. It is the year 1954. In a small town in the state of Louisiana, called Mallard, two light-skinned colored twin sisters are packing their bags to leave this godforsaken place and start a new life of their own in New Orleans. The two are inseparable at the time, but still, 14 years later, only one of them returns, with a child, that looks nothing like her. Desireé returns, while Stella left her in her early days in New Orleans. Dessireé married a colored man, while Stella started to pass. Slowly first, until the point when there was no turning back anymore. So she left her sister alone, to live a life, she'd never imagined she'd have one day. 'The Vanishing Half' is a book that gave me the opportunity to learn. To learn about everything I take for granted everyday, just because I have the rights to do so. To learn about the worries of other people, those worries I will never be able to understand, just because I don't have them, I will never have them and I will never be able to put myself in this position. It is also a book full of emotions and empathy. Being a little sister myself, I wouldn't want to imagine what it would be like not seing my brothers for 14 years straight, not even knowing how they are, what they are doing and if they are still alive. The story is told through several eyes, each bringing their own perspective into the scenario. But even though so many people seem to tell their on story and there is a switch between different perspectives, it was never hard to find out through which's eyes you are hearing the story right now. Overall, 'The Vanishing Half' was a great book, through and through. I'd never read a book more powerful, than that.
Beschreibung
Beiträge
People thought that being one of a kind made you special. No, it just made you lonely. What was special was belonging with someone else. It is the year 1954. In a small town in the state of Louisiana, called Mallard, two light-skinned colored twin sisters are packing their bags to leave this godforsaken place and start a new life of their own in New Orleans. The two are inseparable at the time, but still, 14 years later, only one of them returns, with a child, that looks nothing like her. Desireé returns, while Stella left her in her early days in New Orleans. Dessireé married a colored man, while Stella started to pass. Slowly first, until the point when there was no turning back anymore. So she left her sister alone, to live a life, she'd never imagined she'd have one day. 'The Vanishing Half' is a book that gave me the opportunity to learn. To learn about everything I take for granted everyday, just because I have the rights to do so. To learn about the worries of other people, those worries I will never be able to understand, just because I don't have them, I will never have them and I will never be able to put myself in this position. It is also a book full of emotions and empathy. Being a little sister myself, I wouldn't want to imagine what it would be like not seing my brothers for 14 years straight, not even knowing how they are, what they are doing and if they are still alive. The story is told through several eyes, each bringing their own perspective into the scenario. But even though so many people seem to tell their on story and there is a switch between different perspectives, it was never hard to find out through which's eyes you are hearing the story right now. Overall, 'The Vanishing Half' was a great book, through and through. I'd never read a book more powerful, than that.