Love to talk about books? Join us for Books Sandwiched In, now at the Larry R. Jackson Branch Library.  The group meets in the Jackson Branch Library Meeting Room on the first Tuesday of each month at 12:15 p.m.  

Our February title is The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett.

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. Many 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?

Print copies WILL NOT be available for purchase.

Reserve a copy on the Lakeland Public Library’s Online Catalog.

Reserve a digital copy on Libby or Hoopla.

A valid Polk County library card and PIN are required to reserve items through the Online Catalog and for access to digital resources.

Questions? Contact Danielle at Danielle.Daniels@lakelandgov.net or at 863-834-4291.