The Book of Color Author:Julia Blackburn This is a story of unwanted but undeniable inheritance, the tale of a family whose legacy is a curse. It begins in the late 1800s on a remote island in the Indian Ocean, where a missionary has dedicated himself to stamping out fornication among the natives. His own wife is dark-skinned, but that is no shield when she is afflicted with a curse m... more »eant for her husband. The novel is an evocative tail of the fears and passions that dwell in the dark recesses of a family's history.« less