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Each spring going back to 2007, Monroe County residents have been invited to participate in a community-wide, month-long book club. Originally launched as The Big Read through the National Endowment for the Arts, the project was reorganized and is now One Book, One Community of Monroe County supported by local sponsors. The campaign includes book discussions and related activities, many of them free, across the community. This year s selection is “The Vanishing Half” by Brit Bennett. “The Vanishing Half” is a story about twin sisters who live in an all-black community in the south in the 1950s. After both girls run away from home, their lives take very different paths. Each sister chooses different relationships and jobs; one sister begins to pass for white and keeps her true identity secret. Decades later, there is a chance meeting between their daughters.

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