★★★★ The Color of Home by Kit Tosello, A Contemporary, Debut Novel of Healing, Loss and Belonging
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About This Book:
The life she's designing may not be the life she's meant to live
Bay Area interior designer to the rich and pretentious, Audrey Needham is already on thin ice with her impossible-to-please boss when her great-aunt Daisy asks for support as her husband descends into Alzheimer's. Now Audrey is risking the career she worked hard to build as she returns to Charity Falls, Oregon.
Her feelings toward the idyllic small town are . . . complicated. While she has many good memories of her childhood summers there, Charity Falls is also the place her father was killed in a tragic fire at the Sugar Pine Inn thirteen years ago.
Despite Audrey's intent to avoid emotional entanglement, something should be done about the deteriorating inn. A local girl with an incarcerated father needs a friend. And handsome local do-gooder Cade Carter is coloring Audrey all shades of uncertain. The pull of home is hard to resist.
MY REVIEW: ★★★★ 4/5
A beautiful, heartwarming story of healing, loss and belonging. Author Kit Tosello captivated me with her debut novel of a young woman who arrives in a small town, unsure and uncertain, but hopeful that she can support her aging aunt and uncle as they prepare to settle their estate. As the story develops and the beautifully-crafted layers unfold, this young woman finds hope, family, purpose and love.
I enjoyed how this story blossomed, its languid pace, the wonderful secondary characters and the heart of the main character, Audrey. There's a hint of romance, of mystery and of grief. There are moments of heart and humor, along with tender threads of faith, grief and loss. The story played on my heartstrings and kept me turning the pages, reading like women's fiction but towards the end, having that subtle touch of new love and romance.
Overall, a heartfelt novel that is well-written, lovely and tender - one I must recommend!
About the Author:
Photo Credit: © Ely Roberts | Image Courtesy of Baker Publishing Group
Kit Tosello is an award-winning writer of small-town contemporary fiction with a big heart, as well as inspirational essays and devotionals. With her eye trained on the beauty hiding in plain sight all around us, she arranges words with tenderness, humor, and hope. When not writing, Kit can be found in the loose-tea shop she operates with her husband, exploring the great Pacific Northwest, or enjoying the "great indoors"--bookstores and libraries. Always with a matcha latte in hand. Learn more at KitTosello.com.
