Review: "a living, breathing entity"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 4, 2011
For Sabrina Bishop, her father's funeral is a relief. A relief from the terror she'd felt as a child watching her mother take beating after beating. A relief from the desire to run as far away from that life as she possibly could. A relief from the guilt of leaving her mother in that situation. But now she has to help her mother cope with a world she's not prepared to handle.While waiting for an apartment to open up, Sabrina takes her mom on a trip to see parts of the world Ruby never dreamed she'd see outside of the TV screen. Traveling from West Tennessee, to Mt. Rushmore, to Yellowstone National Park, and finally to the Gulf Coast in Florida; mother and daughter find a way to accept the painful memories they couldn't change and move on to a better future.Trish Milburn created a wonderful, heartbreaking story that will sit with me for a very long time. I raged along with Sabrina against not only her father's memory but for the helpless situation her mother was in. I know firsthand the frustration of not being able to get through to a stubborn woman who felt the need to stay in a situation that was not ideal - to get them to accept that life didn't have to be that way.  Everything Sabrina is feeling is spot on.Living in Color is a living, breathing entity that ensnares the reader and draws them along as the story grows until mother and daughter finally begin to understand each other. This is both a physical journey across the United States and a spiritual journey of faith, understanding and acceptance of what cannot be undone. The romance was a complete surprise, but incredibly well written. The ending would not have been as satisfying without it.Have a box of tissues close when you read this story. I promise you will cry, but you will also laugh and eventually cheer for this mother/daughter team.  I highly recommend this story.