The Bird That Sang in Color

In her teens, Donna Greco decides that having a happy life means marriage, children, and wealth. She pushes her freewheeling, artistic brother, Vincent to adopt her conventional view. But he refuses to conform and as the years pass, she begins to realize that he may have had the right idea about how to live all along. This prequel and third book in the trilogy ask readers to imagine what pictures they will have of themselves by the end of their lives. It spans decades beginning in 1970 and ending in the present day.

Reviewers have called this story "profound, thought-provoking, funny, inspiring, and beautiful." Notable New York Times author Lidia Yuknavitch has called this book, "hugely moving, beautifully rendered, and brilliant."