I found this to be a very good book with a number of difficult themes: race, identity, starting over, relationships with sisters, relationships with mothers and daughters, LGBTQ, and the list goes on. The first half is about two twin sisters who live in a tiny town in Louisiana. The residents of this town are light-skinned and Black. When the twins are teenagers, they run away from home together. After being away from their hometown for a few years, one of them leaves the other to begin a new life "passing" as white.
This book, like so many others, jumps from time to time and from character to character. We learn about the love lives of the twins as well as their daughters. And, of course, all of them come together at different times to reveal their lies and struggles.
It's well written but on several occasions I felt the author was preaching and repeating - which is always something that bugs me. There's just no need to say the same thing 5 different ways. But overall I do recommend this book for the memorable characters. - June
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I liked this one and am glad you "kinda" recommended it. What a conundrum! What would I do given the "choice?"
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