Oh Mondays! This particular Monday I am struggling with this Cali heat and my asthma...SMH! I was able to start and finish a book this weekend, in which I have a mini review below. Also, this weekend I got a invitation to Penguin Random House's Book Your Summer! which is a two day author event. I am over excited to be included in the discussion with Brit Bennett! I am going to take as many notes as I can to share on the blog.
I had to immediately pick up this book after reading The Vanishing Half per several suggests from other blogs and podcasts. Written during the Harlem Renaissance, this is a story of re connection between two childhood friends from Chicago. Irene and Clare both could pass as white but Clare is the one that chose to go for it fully after her fathers death. When they meet for the first time, Irene doesn't even recognize her at all. Nella breaks down the story in 3 sections - Encounter, Re-Encounter, and Finale - it is written in the function of a performance as like a play really. Much like the Vanishing Half, it makes you think about race, class and society but this was set after WW1, we are a hundred years later and seem to be dealing with the exact same issues! I enjoyed this book not as much as Vanishing Half since there was more characters involved but i did take a deep dive into Nella's bio and can't but feel she was writing from her experience. She only written two novel's and both are the experience of being mixed raced & passing at some point. I would definitely recommend this as a companion read for TVH!
Hope you all have a good day & I will be back with a Worth It Wednesday!!
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