I've been meaning to write about the New York Times' glowing reviewof Paulette Jiles's third novel, The Color of Lightning. Based on oral histories of the post–Civil War years in North Texas, Paulette Jiles's The Color of Lightning is at once an intimate look into the hearts and hopes of tragically flawed human beings and a courageous reexamination of a dark American history. The review, found here, is definitely worth a read. Steven Heighton calls it "a gripping, deeply relevant book," and writes: "Jiles moves fluently not only among various plots but also among various viewpoints — black, white, Indian, Mexican, adult, child. Her roving omniscience gives the novel the breadth and busyness of a Diego Rivera mural, yielding a portrait of a place and the peoples surging through it at a time of irrevocable change." Browse inside the book, check out the review, and let us know what you think.
-Kayleigh