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The Color of Us
Paperback
Publisher Price: $18.99
Publisher: Carolina Sky LLC
Published: Mar 10 2026
Pages: 412
Weight: 1.09
Height: 1.02 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Inspired by true events.
Addie Calloway returns to Chicago after losing her mother, with thirty boxes of memories she isn't ready to open and a best friend named Baxter Link who has quietly loved her for a decade.
Inside one of those boxes is something she never expected: hundreds of letters written by the father she lost before she could know him. Letters that reveal a love story spanning two continents, a war, and a lifetime of longing. Letters that change everything she understood about who she is and who she's capable of becoming.
The Color of Us is a novel about grief, inheritance, and learning to love in full color. Emotionally rich and impossible to put down, this debut novel weaves together two unforgettable love stories across generations. It reminds us what we owe the people we've lost and recognizes what they leave behind to guide us.
The story unfolds across two timelines. Addie and Baxter's slow-burning present-day Chicago and the sweeping 1960s love story of her parents, Emma and Jake, set against the tobacco farms of rural North Carolina and the skies of Vietnam.
Perfect for readers of Winter Garden and Before We Were Yours. A story about the family history we carry without knowing it, the love that finds us when we finally stop running, and the letters that outlast everything
A heart-wrenching ten-star family saga and love story... a story you live rather than one you just read
- L. Cobcroft, Reedsy Discovery, 5-star review
A fascinating meld of family saga, romance, and quiet mystery... The first-person narrative voice grips the reader... A character-driven story that tugs at the heart with its romance while entertaining with its twisty plot.
- Readers' Favorite, 5-star review
Clear your calendar. Tell your book club. Pull up your socks!
- MavenofMoo, Amazon Reviewer, 5-star review
And for our book boyfriend fans:
Bax is kindness embodied and enough strength for them both.
- Reedsy, 5-star review
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