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1. www.latimes.com › entertainment-arts › booksHow Brit Bennett's mom inspired 'The Vanishing Half' - Los ...

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   Aug 12, 2020 · In the opening pages, Desiree reappears in Mallard, a fictional town based on Bennett’s mother’s tossed-off memory. She arrives with daughter Jude in tow to the backdrop of suspicious whispers....

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     Mallard has its own caste system, determined by nature and...

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     Nguyen’s novel is a sequel to “The Sympathizer,” which won...

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   In the novel, an ex-slave named Alphonse Decuir established a town called Mallard for only light-skinned people. This leads to a fixation among the town about lightness coupled by a disgust for dark-skinned people. [ 4 ]

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   Sep 7, 2020 · The novel is a multi-generational family saga set between the 1940s to the 1990s and centers on identical twin sisters Desiree and Stella Vignes. The two light-skinned black sisters were raised in Mallard, Louisiana, and witness the lynching of their father in the 1940s.

4. www.thesunlightpress.com › 2021/03/28 › theThe Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett - The Sunlight Press

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   Mar 28, 2021 · In interviews, Bennett says Mallard is based on a town her mother remembered hearing about when she was growing up in rural Louisiana. The Vanishing Half follows three generations of characters as they journey across the country in search of new identities.

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   Jul 31, 2020 · The town where these twins grow up — Mallard, Louisiana — is this based on a real place? Bennett: It’s based on a place that my mom remembers hearing about when she was a child in Louisiana — a town that always was filtered down to me almost as a sort of mythical place.

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   Aug 14, 2024 · The storyline unfolds across diverse locations and timeframes, commencing in Mallard, Louisiana, in 1968, and traversing New Orleans, New York, Southern California, and a return to Mallard between 1978 and the early 1980s.

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   What is the plot of Mallard & Vignes?

   • The narrative adopts a limited third-person viewpoint, switching among characters and creating a non-linear trajectory driven by their perceptions and recollections. Central to the plot are identical twins Desiree and Stella Vignes, who depart Mallard at 16 to carve out their destinies.

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   Why does Jude mention Mallard in the Midnight Marauders?

   • During The Midnight Marauders cast party, Jude mentions Mallard, confirming Kennedy’s suspicions about her mother’s past town. The story jumps to 1985 in New York, where Kennedy lives with her Haitian boyfriend Frantz. After landing a role in an off-off-Broadway musical, Kennedy obsesses over her health and conserves her voice.

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   Why is 'Mad Men' based on a true story?

   • It's set in Louisiana because the town is based on a real town as she mentions in an NPR interview:

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   Where does Desiree work in Mallard?

   • Back in Mallard, Desiree works at Lou’s Egg House and reconnects with a past lover named Early Jones. Early, who was hired by Desiree’s husband to find her, tells her the truth, and they start a relationship. The second part takes place ten years later, focusing on Desiree’s daughter, Jude, in Los Angeles.

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   Why did Reese and Jude go to Mallard?

   • Reese and Jude fly to Mallard for the funeral. After the burial, instead of attending the repast, Jude and Reese find solace in a river, hoping it will wash away their past. In the final parts of the novel, Jude becomes a pivotal force in bringing together the different threads of the Vignes family.

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8. www.marieclaire.com › culture › a33471401'The Vanishing Half' By Brit Bennett Book Review - Marie Claire

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   Jul 31, 2020 · Told through multiple perspectives across decades, The Vanishing Half centers on identical twin sisters, Desiree and Stella Vignes, who run away from their fictional hometown of Mallard,...