The Last Blue by Isla Morley

Have a tissue ready for the ending. I won't spoil it for you - just warning you. Emotional, endearing, heartbreaking, heart-mending. When I finished the last line, I wanted to start reading The Last Blue over again. It's that good. The writing is evocative with the strong images and feelings that were so descriptive, so genuine I felt that I was part of the story. There were moments I recoiled at the scene, another that shocked me to shout "No", and the ending that brought tears of joy and relief. The Last Blue defies genre. Mainly American historical fiction, it is a tender love story, and a mystery with clues dropped from the first pages but not understood until the last page. It is a story for today's world asking the reader to understand the fear that deep prejudice comes from and the fear it creates. Truly a story to read to see beyond the color of one's skin. Brava! Isla Morley!