The Vanishing Half BOTY_2025 JOSEF is a Jewish boy

JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany

With a sharp

post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

not judgmental"—Walt Whitman) beautifully illuminated on every page

But they are harboring a terrible secret: Saroja is from a different caste than Kumaresan

The Vanishing Half BOTY_2025 JOSEF is a Jewish boy#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK BY THE NEW YORK TIMES THE WASHINGTON POST NPR PEOPLE TIME MAGAZINE VANITY FAIR GLAMOUR BARACK OBAMA New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Bennetts tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but its especially reminiscent of Toni Morrisons 1970 debut novel, The Bluest Eye. Kiley Reid, Wall Street Journal From the New York Times bestselling author of The Mothers,