Ideas & Inspiration for The Vanishing Half
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From Goodreads:
The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, 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' storylines intersect?
Title-specific resources for your Book to Art Club:
The Vanishing Half discussion questions from Penguin Random House
The Vanishing Half discussion questions from Book Club Chat
Review from The Guardian
Review from NPR
Review from New York Times
About the suggested projects:
Construct projects that explore the same root ideas but split into different directions through collage, and use vellum or tissue paper to blur parts and “vanish” details. Design your project around what is hidden at the center that weaves the two parts together. Create art and messages with blackout poetry.