This is a book that I had for a few years and almost gave away before reading. Actually did give to my mom to read and got back from her and then almost gave away again. I wasn't sure I would stay interested in it to read. I finally saw it on the shelf and gave it a shot and it was an enjoyable read. Was confusing at parts to figure out where the story was at but overall interesting story & characters. Twins in a small town Louisiana that is a mostly black town but a town the seems to celebrate lighter skin blacks. The twins are forced to drop out of high school and work but eventually run away to New Orleans. They split up, one marries a dark skinned African American man and has a daughter. The husband beats the wife--one of the twins--and she leaves him and moves back to the small town. Meets the guy hired to find her and he becomes her lifelong companion. Other twin passes for white and becomes a secretary that marries her boss and lives an upper class life eventually moving to Los Angeles. They have a daughter too. The daughters meet with the darker skinned daughter figuring things out and trying to convince the other. Story kind of goes from there. Interesting read like I said.
I have posted this one PBS, there were already 5 copies of this one posted so not sure if it will move but a popular enough book that might get requested at some point.
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