I will visit the library (old school) with a list. Books I’ve heard about, authors I like and intent to browse a little. This novel I think I chose from a display of award winning novels. The Vignes twin sisters grow up in a southern black community where there might as well be a sign “light skin only” The size and remote location serve as an enclave from most cultural clashes. Yet racism, division and violence are still real threats. The sisters are inseparable until […]

This is a thought provoking book about two generations of a family: identical twin sisters who each have one daughter born in the early 1960s. The twins are both Black, but one makes the decision to pass as white while the other stays within the Black community. The interactions and repercussions on their daughters are really interesting, and the book is beautifully written. The twins (Stella and Desiree) are born in a Louisiana community entirely of light skinned Black people, and are traumatized at a […]