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A GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick! “Bennett’s tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but it’s especially reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s 1970 debut novel, The Bluest Eye.” —Ki

THE MOTHERS is a dazzling debut about young love, a big secret in a small community and the moments that haunt us most. All good secrets have a taste before you tell them, and if we'd taken a moment

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post, Harper's Bazaar, Buzzfeed, PureWow, New York Magazine and more';A page-turner about once-inseparable twin girls now living

One of The Millions' "Most Anticipated" for the second half of 2016"Brit Bennett is a brilliant and much-needed new voice in literature." -Angela Flournoy, author of National Book Award-finalist The T

A dazzling debut novel from an exciting new voice, The Mothers is a surprising story about young love, a big secret in a small community—and the things that ultimately haunt us most.Set within a conte

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNBCC John Leonard First Novel Prize FinalistPEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut FictionFinalistNew York Public Library Young Lions Award FinalistAn NPR Best Book of 2016An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of 2016A VogueMagazine Best Book of the YearA Goodreads Choice Award FinalistOne of Elle.com's Best Books of the Year"Ferociously moving … despite Bennett’s thrumming plot, despite the snap of her pacing, it’s the always deepening complexity of her characters that provides the book’s urgency." –The New York Times Book Review"Luminous… engrossing and poignant, this is one not to miss."–People, Pick of the Week"Fantastic… a book that feels alive on the page."–The Washington PostA dazzling debut novel from an exciting new voice, The Mothers is a surprising story about young love, a big secret in a small community—and the things that ultimately haunt us most. Set within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett's mesmerizing first novel i

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Mothers, a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and o

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