![]() ![]() ![]() Her sister Aurora sat curled up on the blue and yellow plaid sofa, reading. Turning away from the view, she went downstairs, into a house that felt too big and quiet since yesterday. Mom had taken Winona aside and warned her about invisible dangers, undercurrents that could drown you even in shallow water, but now she knew there were other threats lurking beneath the surface of everyday life. A few years ago, a child had died in the cold waters along the Washington coast not far from here, and for months the tragedy was all anyone could talk about. It all looked ordinary, but Winona knew better. Up on the hill, tucked into the deep woods, was the small cabin her great-grandfather had built when he homesteaded this land. At the property’s back boundary, giant cedar trees stood clustered together, their lacy boughs draped downward in the rolling green pastures, horses milled along the fence lines, their hooves beating the tall grass into muddy submission. Something.įrom her bedroom window, she could see most of their acreage. Loss like theirs should leave a mark-summer grass gone suddenly brown, dark clouds that refused to lift, a tree split by lightning. JOHN BOORMAN, FILM DIRECTOR Prologue 1979įifteen-year-old Winona Grey stared out at the waterfront ranch that had been in her family for four generations, looking for something that had changed. It reminds us that if passion dies or is denied, we are partly dead and that soon, come what may, we will be wholly so. The more extreme and the more expressed that passion is, the more unbearable does life seem without it. In passion, the body and the spirit seek expression. What is passion? It is surely the becoming of a person. With breathtaking pace and penetrating emotional insight, True Colors is an unforgettable novel about sisters, rivalry, forgiveness, redemption-and ultimately, what it means to be a family. Loyalties will be tested and secrets revealed, and a terrible, shocking crime will shatter both their family and their beloved town. The Grey sisters will be pitted against one another in ways that none could have imagined. In a matter of moments, everything will change. Everything comes easily for Vivi Ann, until a stranger comes to town. A stunningly beautiful dreamer with a heart as big as the ocean in front of her house, she is adored by all who know her. Vivi Ann is the undisputed star of the family. She brokers every dispute and tries to keep them all happy, even as she hides her own secret pain. But as the best lawyer in town, she's determined to someday find a way to prove her worth to him.Īurora, the middle sister, is the family peacemaker. An overweight bookworm who never felt at home on the sprawling horse ranch that has been in her family for three generations, she knows that she doesn't have the qualities her father values. Winona, the oldest, needs her father's approval most of all. To Henry Grey, appearances are everything, and years later, he still demands that his daughters reflect his standing in the community. Their stern, disapproving father cares less about his children than about his reputation. After their mother's death, the girls banded together, becoming best friends. With the luminous writing and unforgettable characters that are her trademarks, she tells the story of three sisters whose once-solid world is broken apart by jealousy, betrayal, and the kind of passion that rarely comes along. True Colors is New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah's most provocative, compelling, and heart-wrenching story yet.
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