True Colours
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4.2 • 148 Ratings
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- $10.99
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Publisher Description
The Grey sisters have always looked after one another. Growing up on a sprawling ranch with an emotionally distant father, they had nowhere else to turn after their mother died.
Winona, the oldest, craves her father's approval. Happier reading a book than riding a horse, she knows she isn't the daughter he wanted - but she's determined to prove her worth. Aurora is the peacemaker, trying to keep everyone happy, whilst hiding her own feelings. Vivi Ann, the youngest, is the star of the family. Beautiful and spirited, everything comes easily to her - until a stranger comes to town.
When Vivi Ann makes a fateful decision to follow her heart, everything changes. Suddenly the sisters are pitted against each other. Loyalties are tested, secrets revealed - and then a terrible crime threatens to tear their whole community apart.
Compelling and provocative, True Colours by Kristin Hannah is an unforgettable novel about jealousy, betrayal, passion and forgiveness - and what it means to be a family.
PRAISE FOR KRISTIN HANNAH
"Though Hannah boldly embraces over-the-top drama, she really knows what women-her characters and her audience-want." Publishers Weekly
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The reality of everyday life on a Washington state horse ranch anchors this compelling family saga. True Colours follows the three Grey sisters, who grow up in the wake of their mother’s death and must each try to find their place in the world. But eventually they turn on each other, and a terrible crime in their close-knit rural setting only makes matters worse. Author Kristin Hannah drew on her own lifelong love of horses—and the loss of her own mum—to build out this multifaceted tale about perseverance and sisterhood. Just as satisfying as those narrative beats are the lived-in details of horse culture, from cosy barns to competitive fairs. Similarly, Hannah mines the deep rivalry at play in this particular family dynamic, and how outside forces can push that towards breaking point.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In her 17th novel, bestseller Hannah portrays the delicate and enduring bonds of sisterhood. The story of the Grey sisters is set in a small Washington town and follows Winona, Aurora and Vivi Ann from the time of their mother's death, when they are young teens in 1979, on through adulthood, cataloguing their trials and the men who typically come bearing them, beginning with Luke, Winona's high school best friend and secret crush. But when he falls in love with Vivi Ann, who later cheats on him with farmhand Dallas, it leads a jealous Winona to betray her sister. Vivi Ann and Dallas get married, have a baby and run the Grey family farm, but Dallas is eventually arrested for murder, and lawyer Winona refuses to take his case, seemingly killing her relationship with Vivi Ann. Dallas is convicted and things look bleak for Vivi Ann and her son, but Winona's late-breaking friendship with her nephew paves the way for the happy ending. Though Hannah boldly embraces over-the-top drama, she really knows what women her characters and her audience want.
Customer Reviews
True colours
Another amazing book by Kristin
Not Her best
Still readable but not her best work