Review: The Color of Home

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A book about an interior designer and her heart for ministry? Count me in! The Color of Home by Kit Tosello paints a beautiful picture of home and the people who add those vibrant hues to our lives.

Many thanks to Revell and LibraryThing for providing a complimentary physical copy for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Book Thoughts content is also posted on LibraryThing.

Book Synopsis

Audrey Needham, Bay Area interior designer to the rich and pretentious, is down to her last nerve. Her boss is impossible to please, her future is in jeopardy, and her great-aunt Daisy needs support as her husband descends into Alzheimer's.

When Daisy enlists Audrey's help preparing for a move to assisted living, Audrey risks her career to return to the idyllic small town of Charity Falls, Oregon, the summer stomping grounds of her childhood. But Charity Falls was also the place that broke her heart when her father was killed in a tragic fire at the Sugar Pine Inn thirteen years ago.

Despite Audrey's intent to avoid emotional entanglement, the pull of home is hard to resist. 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.

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Book Thoughts

This is a debut that is impressive in its details and heartfelt in its story as we journey with Audrey Needham who returns home to take care of her great-aunt and great-uncle as they face health challenges. Audrey is introspective while being vulnerable, allowing us to have a front seat into her spiritual growth. There are a number of wonderful nuggets about God tucked throughout the book, along with descriptions of some amazing ministries taking place. It's easy to sense the love and earnestness that pour from the main character's, and consequently, the author's heart.

There is a lot in this story about weighing the choices of the world versus the choices that God would have for us, and it is told in a way that is inviting and compassionate. The prose is quite lyrical in moments, while also encompassing some colloquial terms that are of the next generation, which makes for an interesting combination that is all Audrey. Readers looking for a gentle story set in rural Oregon with much inner reflection on God's home for us will enjoy The Color of Home and all of its fascinating characters.

Book Summary

Format of book: 📖
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Recommendation: 👍

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