True Colors: A Novel
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True Colors is New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah's most provocative, compelling, and heart-wrenching story yet. 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.
The Grey sisters have always been close. After their mother's death, the girls banded together, becoming best friends. Their stern, disapproving father cares less about his children than about his reputation. To Henry Grey, appearances are everything, and years later, he still demands that his daughters reflect his standing in the community.
Winona, the oldest, needs her father's approval most of all. 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. But as the best lawyer in town, she's determined to someday find a way to prove her worth to him.
Aurora, the middle sister, is the family peacemaker. She brokers every dispute and tries to keep them all happy, even as she hides her own secret pain.
Vivi Ann is the undisputed star of the family. 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. Everything comes easily for Vivi Ann, until a stranger comes to town. . . .
In a matter of moments, everything will change. The Grey sisters will be pitted against one another in ways that none could have imagined. Loyalties will be tested and secrets revealed, and a terrible, shocking crime will shatter both their family and their beloved town.
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.
Kristin Hannah
Kristin Hannah is an award-winning international number one bestselling author with over 25 million copies of her books sold worldwide. Her most recent titles, The Four Winds, The Nightingale and The Great Alone won numerous best fiction awards and her earlier novel, Firefly Lane, is currently a bestselling series on Netflix. Kristin is a lawyer-turned-writer and is the mother of one son. She and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5True Colors is a novel by Kristin Hannah about three vastly different sisters who get torn apart by jealousy. Winona is a bookworm desperately seeking her father’s approval and takes care of her sisters after their mother passes away, Aurora is the middle child and peacekeeper, and Vivi Ann is the star of the family and the apple of her father’s eye. When a stranger comes into town, the true colors of these young women will be shown.
This is a fast paced novel that you will not be able to put down. I finished this novel in a single sitting because I could not put it down. The twists and turns will have you on the edge of your seat and trying to convince yourself not to look at the ending before you get there. I could not get this out of my head for weeks after I read it. This is one of the novels that will stay with you. This was my first Kristin Hannah novel and definitely not my last. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Not one of her better books. It is the story of 3 sisters and the problems that arise when one of them marries "beneath her". There are cheating scandals, murder, imprisonment, divorce and all the necessary problems to keep the reader entranced.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5great read
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beautiful & moving.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I LOVE Kristin Hannah, and the stories she writes about. This book was a great look into the lives of different women.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved this book. It was the first book I read of Kristin Hannah's, and it got me hooked! She is like "the female Nicholas Sparks"! I love how she writes about the love of a family and what family is all about, and not just the love between a man and a woman.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5WOW, amazing! from the start, i was hooked... this story of 3 sisters is such a fabulous story...definitely emotional, from tragedy to happiness, romance to gut-wrenching frustration, and all around again! again, WOW. this was my first book by KH and i am excited to read more of her books!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5perfect, just wish there was more to the ending. would be nice to get to know how things panned out for them!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Incredible book. Exhilarating and heart wrenching at the same time. I literally could not stop reading this book until the very end. Roller coaster of emotions and I will walk in this book in my mind, certainly, for the next few days.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book was amazing. A little slow at times but the end made the entire book. I enjoyed getting to know each member of the family. The way the story started often left me wondering what would happen. A true page turner that I couldn't put down.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a good old fashioned romance that includes the importance of family.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A good read about 3 sisters and their relationship torn apart, mended, re-mended with jealousy, betrayal and passion. Winona the oldest is a lawyer with poor body imagine and jealousy of her younger sister. She wants Luke who loves Vivi Ann, the youngest,prettiest, and the one who falls for the bad boy Dallas Raintree. There also is Aurora who is in a loveless marriage. This book is really about what being a family is like, what having sisters is like.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I've had this book for a long time and finally pulled it out to read. It was a perfect read for me at this time!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great read. I enjoyed most of the characters, and identified with several of them. Sometimes a person seemingly has it all, is adored by everyone, and always comes out on top--until they don't. Sometimes sisters are closer than anyone could be--until they're not. These sisters endure heartaches, together and separately, make mistakes and try to fix them, and try to be there for each other. All against the background of the family horse farm, near the coast of Washington state.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nice story of family bonds. Three sisters support each other through what life throws at them after losing their mother as children.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A captivating story with plenty of action but I did not like how the sisters treated each other. I'm not sure I could forgive some of those things and the main plot was too extreme. The relationship between the Gray sisters is often tense especially regarding Vivi Ann's romance.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I should have known that Kristin Hannah would pull this one out! Excellent. How can you miss with horses and Indians and cowgirls!?!
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Kristin Hannah is so hit or miss for me. Some of her novels I love; Winter Garden, for instance, or even Magic Hour, and others are just meh. My biggest problem with this book was that I did not like a single one of the sisters. There is not a lot of character development with Aurora, Vivi Anne was naive and weak (although by far my favorite), and Winona, oh, Winona. I couldn't read past her whininess and self-pity.
One of the things I love about Kristin Hannah is the way she writes the relationships among her female characters - sisters, mothers, daughters. This one just didn't work for me. It felt like the "but we're sisters and we are together every Friday night" was too forced and I didn't see any loyalty or friendship. Their relationship seemed to be about anger, bitterness, and jealousy.
I did enjoy the story between Vivi Anne and Dallas. I totally bought that love story. In the end, it was ok. Not one of my favorites of hers. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To have that kind of faith in a lover, well, it's rare.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This was one of those love to hate reads for me. I loved every minute, but I was angry so many times. I love how Kristin Hannah can pull out so many emotions from you, and this was no exception. The sisters relationships are complicated, and you there will be times you love them and hate them. I put this on audiobook when I was driving for a work trip. I ended up listening to it that night as well, as I needed to finish and to find out what happened. I did want more from the ending as it was a little rushed where other parts dragged out. Overall, I really enjoyed this!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Have read all Kristin Hannahâs books! One of my favorite authors - She is a remarkable story teller and True Colors this is one of her best works thus far! Captivating, characters jump off the page, great story line, you will not want to put down - would be a great movie! "
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5An interesting idea, but the writing is immature and forced. Hard to believe this novelist is a best seller with multiple works. Meh.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/52.5 starsThis story was interesting enough to keep me reading, though I had a pretty good feeling about how things would turn out in the end.There were times when I really wanted to groan outloud while reading portions of this book. The characters were one-dimensional and boring. So many stereotypical characters: there was the smart sister, the beautiful sister, the peacemaker. Each one fit so perfectly into their role, and it just felt really obvious and unoriginal.I think I would put this book in the same category as a Lifetime movie. It is enjoyable enough, but not really all that good. Everything is all tied up nicely and neatly in the end...which is exactly what you expect from the very beginning. I feel this way about many of Kristin Hannah's books. They are good enough that I want to read them, and I usually read them quickly. But by the end, I really don't like them all that much
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5rue Colors was a book about two things- Sisters and Love. I'll start with the things I loved about this book. Firstly- The older and smarter sister Winona SOOOO reminded me of myself. She is intelligent, quirky and a little bit bitchy, but such a good person. However she is a bit overweight, struggles with relationships and usually does the wrong things because she had the right intentions. At certain times in the novel, I felt like the author knew me, and was writing about my life. The bond the character has with her sister is very similar to the ones I have with my two sisters. I also liked that there was just more than that "sister story" or the basic "love story." The author utilized the two components and seamlessly weaved them into each other so that the reader understands its a more complex story. It's also refreshing to see the "troubled" teen as someone I could know. I could understand completely the reasons why the character acts out in frustration or upset. Anyone, including mothers, will be able to relate to the reasons why mother and son act the way they do. What I didn't like about the book- It was a tad bit too long. There were many scenes that were useless to the progression of the novel and could have easily been cut out. The whole story line about the relationship between father and daughters would have been SO great had she actually explored it a little more. Every once in a while we'd get a reminder that it was bubbling under the surface, but she never expanded the topic and never concluded with an answer either. Overall the novel was good and despite it's length-a fast read. I give True Colors a solid B and recommend it for anyone who wants a quick beach read!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is a story about 3 sisters, their relationship to their father and each other. The younger sister seems to have all the luck, guys want her, her dad approves of her, but her older sister is jealous of her and creates a rift between them. When the fortunes of the younger sister turn, her older sister jumps in to help and the relationship between them is healed. And, well along the way they discover their dad isn't such a great guy. Good reading.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Grey family had lived on the ranch known as Water’s Edge for generations. Since the death of their mother, the three Grey sisters (Winona, Aurora & Vivi Ann) had divided up who would help their father run the ranch. Vivi Ann was the natural choice. Although the youngest, she was the one who loved the animals, the land and the work. As the middle child, Aurora took the roll of mediator easily. After doing her best to help raise her sister, the oldest sibling, Winona had difficulty accepting their fathers criticisms of herself while it seemed to her that Vivi Ann could do no wrong, until her new husband (Dallas Raintree) was arrested and convicted of murder. Following the lives of all three sisters for a large part of their lives spaned more than a decade. The story threw me a little at first. Started by feeling sorry for Win and not liking Vivi, then somewhere along the line realized that I didn’t like Win that much anymore and I did like Vivi. Confusing enough there, but letting Win have the opportunity to redeem herself made all the difference (sorry if that gives anything away). Overall a touching family story that has a long life filled with the ups and downs of life. Very much enjoyed the teenager perspective of Noah’s journal. Seemed in the end a perfect way to summarized the lives of the family.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Had a good ending, but very foofoo and hard to get into. Sisterhood drama.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/52 sisters fall for same guy- Indian comes to town and changes things
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5True Colors is another great book by Kristin Hannah. The lives of three sisters changes after their mother dies. You see how the life of the girls has changed and what they do to succeed. This book really gets you reading and wanting to know more. True Colors teaches you to never give up on life and gives you the passion to fight for what you believe.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Half breed works on ranch. Falls in love w/owners's daughter. Falsly accused of murder. DNA proves him innocent.
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