For sixteen years, June painted her mother out of her life. Now, eleven letters are asking to be read.
Sixteen years ago, Evelyn Caldwell packed a suitcase and drove out of her family’s Texas Hill Country ranch, leaving her five daughters behind. Now, twenty-nine-year-old June, a dedicated painter, returns home to find a legacy waiting in a desk drawer: eleven sealed envelopes.
Through shifting ink colors—from a dusty Santa Fe black to a bled Taos brown—June traces the quiet, unapologetic path of her estranged mother. But the final letter, written in 2019, reveals a trembling hand and a devastating truth. Evelyn is losing her memory, fading into a disease that steals the mind long before the body.
Fleeing to the stark, white light of Marfa to paint, June meets Beau, a gentle woodworker who understands the language of silence. Supported by his quiet strength, June journeys to a Denton memory care facility to confront the woman who left them. Facing a mother who now speaks in forgotten Italian, June realizes she must race against time to capture her. Using yellow ochre, a fierce Mexican red called almagre, and the pale green of memory, June sets out to paint a definitive portrait to anchor Evelyn's identity before it disappears completely.
The Color of June is a breathtakingly layered novel about forgiveness, the quiet strength of sisterhood, and the vibrant pigments we use to paint the story of our lives.
Genre: Romance
Sixteen years ago, Evelyn Caldwell packed a suitcase and drove out of her family’s Texas Hill Country ranch, leaving her five daughters behind. Now, twenty-nine-year-old June, a dedicated painter, returns home to find a legacy waiting in a desk drawer: eleven sealed envelopes.
Through shifting ink colors—from a dusty Santa Fe black to a bled Taos brown—June traces the quiet, unapologetic path of her estranged mother. But the final letter, written in 2019, reveals a trembling hand and a devastating truth. Evelyn is losing her memory, fading into a disease that steals the mind long before the body.
Fleeing to the stark, white light of Marfa to paint, June meets Beau, a gentle woodworker who understands the language of silence. Supported by his quiet strength, June journeys to a Denton memory care facility to confront the woman who left them. Facing a mother who now speaks in forgotten Italian, June realizes she must race against time to capture her. Using yellow ochre, a fierce Mexican red called almagre, and the pale green of memory, June sets out to paint a definitive portrait to anchor Evelyn's identity before it disappears completely.
The Color of June is a breathtakingly layered novel about forgiveness, the quiet strength of sisterhood, and the vibrant pigments we use to paint the story of our lives.
Genre: Romance
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