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The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, Southern Black community and running away at age 16, 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.

It is the last season of high school life for Nadia Turner, a rebellious, grief-stricken, 17-year-old beauty. Mourning her own mother's recent suicide, she takes up with the local pastor's son. Luke Sheppard is 21, a former football star whose injury has reduced him to waiting tables at a diner. They are young; it's not serious. But the pregnancy that results from this teen romance—and the subsequent cover-up—will have an impact that goes far beyond their youth.

A darkly funny short story about one woman’s reflections on the routes she’s taken through life and the detours she’s made along the way. Doubts and guilt swirl through her mind as she rides the train to her fertility appointment. Each stop stirs up introspective thoughts on her marriage, the loss of her baby, and the lover who got away—contemplations that push her ever closer to wondering if she’s made the right decisions.

Generación tras generación, la comunidad negra del pueblo de Mallard, en Luisiana, ha intentado aclarar el tono de su piel favoreciendo los matrimonios mixtos. Las inseparables gemelas Desirée y Stella Vignes, con su color níveo, sus ojos castaños y su cabello ondulado, son un buen ejemplo de ello. Tan distintas y tan iguales, decidieron huir juntas del diminuto pueblo creyendo que también podrían escapar de su sangre. Años después y ante la mirada atónita de todos, Desireé regresa acompañada de una niña negra como el carbón.

Claudie Wells wants more than anything to be a person whose imagination can fly, instead of a person whose feet are stuck on the ground. She believes everyone has a talent except for her. She’s growing up in the neighborhood of Harlem in New York City during the 1920s, surrounded by writers and poets, painters and sculptors, actors and dancers, singers and musicians. When an eviction notice threatens her family, friends, and the beloved boardinghouse they share, Claudie has an idea that just might save the day.

Claudie is traveling from Harlem to Georgia with Mama and Cousin Sidney to meet her grandmother and cousins for the first time. She hopes that learning her family's story will inspire her for the variety show she's planning to raise money to save the boardinghouse her family lives in. Claudie's grandmother tells her a legend from slavery times called "The People Could Fly." In it, an old man whispers magic words, and the enslaved people grow wings and fly home to Africa. This gives Claudie an amazing idea for the finale of her show.

I Oceanside, Californien ved alle alt om alle. Her sørger Nadia Turner over sin mor, der netop er død. Hun bliver venner med den moderløse Aubrey Evans og søger trøst i en kortvarig romance med det fallerede fodboldtalent Luke Sheppard. Da Nadia mange år senere vender tilbage til Oceanside, rippes der op i gamle sår og den hemmelighed, hun og Luke deler. Nadia, Aubrey og Luke fanges i et trekantsdrama og plages alle tre af de valg, de tog den sommer, og af spørgsmålet: Hvad nu, hvis de havde handlet anderledes.

En international bestseller om at finde sin vej i verden i jagten på det gode liv, ægte kærlighed og en identitet, man selv har valgt. "Det der skiller os" er den amerikanske forfatter Brit Bennetts rørende page-turner om familierelationer, kærlighed og raceforskel. Samtidig er den et fremragende portræt af det amerikanske samfund fra 1950’erne til 1990’erne - og en roman, der med dyb empati udforsker vores forhold til fortiden, hvordan den former os, hvordan vi holder fast i den, og hvordan vi forsøger at undslippe den.

Ein kleiner Ort im ländlichen Louisiana. Seine afroamerikanischen Bewohner blicken mit Stolz auf eine lange Tradition und Geschichte, und vor allem auf ihre Kinder, die von Generation zu Generation hellhäutiger zu werden scheinen. Stella und Desiree etwa, Zwillingsschwestern von ganz unterschiedlichem Wesen. Aber in einem sind sie sich einig: Hier sehen sie keine Zukunft für sich. In New Orleans trennen sich ihre Wege. Denn Stella tritt unbemerkt in eine nur weißen Amerikanern vorbehaltene Welt - und bricht alle Brücken hinter sich ab.

Ein kleiner Ort im ländlichen Louisiana. Seine afroamerikanischen Bewohner blicken mit Stolz auf eine lange Tradition und Geschichte, und vor allem auf ihre Kinder, die von Generation zu Generation hellhäutiger zu werden scheinen. Stella und Desiree etwa, Zwillingsschwestern von ganz unterschiedlichem Wesen. Aber in einem sind sie sich einig: Hier sehen sie keine Zukunft für sich. In New Orleans trennen sich ihre Wege. Denn Stella tritt unbemerkt in eine nur weißen Amerikanern vorbehaltene Welt - und bricht alle Brücken hinter sich ab.

Some People Have Real Problems (Algunas personas tienen problemas de verdad), escrita por Brit Bennett, la autora más vendida del New York Times de The Vanishing Half (La mitad evanescente), es una historia corta oscuramente divertida sobre las reflexiones de una mujer sobre las rutas que ha tomado en la vida y los desvíos que ha hecho por el camino.

As irmãs Vignes são gêmeas idênticas. Quando, aos 16 anos, resolvem fugir de casa, elas não fazem ideia de como isso vai alterar suas trajetórias. Mais de uma década depois, uma delas volta para a cidade natal—uma comunidade negra no sul dos Estados Unidos obcecada por novas gerações de pele cada vez mais clara—e o choque não poderia ser maior. Porque ela não apenas chega sem a irmã, mas com uma criança. Uma criança de pele muito escura.

Tudo começa com um segredo. As ramificações que se seguem vão acompanhar três personagens desde o fim da adolescência até o início da vida adulta, exercendo um impacto capaz de influenciar suas trajetórias por muito tempo depois de seus anos de juventude. Em uma comunidade negra e cristã no sul da Califórnia, Nadia Turner, uma garota bonita, obstinada e ainda marcada pelo recente suicídio da mãe, será a primeira da família a cursar uma universidade, mas, antes de deixar sua cidade natal, ela se envolve com o filho do pastor da igreja, Luke Sheppard.