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 daughers 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.
I found the three sisters' relationship to sometimes mirror that of mine with my own sister. We are complete opposites, and everything about these 3 girls is different as well. It was easy to get hooked into the story, but I found it disappointing that it covered decades of story in one book, and sometimes with a lack of transition.
The fact that the Greys' father is all about appearances was a little off-putting. In a story such as this one, where you have a small town family who everyone knows, and a huge ranch that eventually keeps the town churning, it's sad that the family wouldn't be closer as a whole. Then again, they all did go their separate ways emotionally after their mother died.
When Vivi Ann begins dating Luke, not knowing that Winona is in love with him, the chain of events is set in motion. Winona, too proud to speak up, sits back in frustration as her sister ultimately breaks Luke's heart. Vivi Ann scars the family's name when she has an affair with a new Indian in town, and then marries him and has his child.
But when he is accused of, and later convicted of, a horrible crime, it's obvious to everyone in town that Vivi Ann will forever be the reason the family was torn apart, and the reason for all the town gossip.
But then, in yet another fast forward, all is almost forgotten until Vivi Ann's son announces his quest to meet his father. When some new evidence comes to light that could possibly prove his father innocent in the crime he was convicted of years earlier, Winona does the right thing, what she should have done years ago, and helps set him free.
And they live happily ever after.
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