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I recently completed BEYOND COLOR. What an absolute delight it was. From the opening chapter that ripped out my heart, but caused me to form an instant bond with Gabriela, to the last few pages with their wonderful drama about the fate and direction of the lives of Gabriela's enchanting twins, I lived in their worlds. That's the absolute best that can happen for me when I'm reading a book. BEYOND COLOR was magic! Peggy Eldridge-Love |
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"A beautiful story of the power of a woman's courage, despite racism, disappointment in love, and many other challenges." Robin Quinn, Los Angeles writer and the editor of The Cherished Self |
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Bernadene Coleman has written a novel of endearing characters that come to life on the pages of Beyond Color. Each chapter propelled me forward in an unfolding story of love and pain and family. I truly found it hard to set the book aside after each evening of reading as I yearned for the next predicament or solution in the lives of Gabriela, Tina and Dina. Much the way short story author J. California Cooper paints pictures of real people, Coleman writes about people and makes you know them and embrace them. I know now I must read her earlier novels as well. Carole Wade, Director of The Writer's Corner Publicist, the WADE group |
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This riveting story starts with a fourteen year old Creole girl, Gabriela, losing her parents in New Orleans. Still a teenager, Gabriela becomes a single mother of blue-eyed, blond, twin girls, Tina and Dina. She felt she was forced to leave town. After moving to Los Angeles, Tina, the talented twin, pursues a career in a white theatrical environment. Dina, the intellectual twin, is employed in a black political environment working to improve Civil Rights. This is the story of how the three coped with love, deceit, disappointment and survival. It is a complete package of emotions filled with vulnerability, strength and self-examination. When it ends, the reader will want more. Janice Shelby, Librarian, Los Angeles, CA |
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Beyond Color is an awesome story! The dream sequences captured the mystique that is identified with New Orleans. You will instantly fall in love with the characters and feel as if you are with each one through each adventure they traverse as they deal with "color" as it is often defined in their city of New Orleans. Readers will want to curl up with this book Dorris Woods, Phd., Author |
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Beyond Color is an epic story, which captures the number one problem of race in this country in the twentieth century, as well as the new millennium. Following the individual story lines of twin sisters, Tina and Dina, and their single Creole mother, Gabriela, the reader will be engrossed with the historical, social and political flames crossing the nation. You will see how the spirit of the times influenced the choices made by the characters. The story poses the question; what happened to African Americans who chose to cross the color line and pass for white? Dr. Maxine Thompson Black Butterfly Press |
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Excellent story and great character creation. Vivid, sensitive, and insightful. I can see this as a potential best seller. John Rosenkranz, Artist |
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