Where it Rains in Color by Denise Crittendon

Where it Rains in Color by Denise Crittendon

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Lileala has just been named the Rare Indigo – beauty among beauties – and is about to embrace her stardom, until something threatens to change her whole lifestyle and turn the planet of Swazembi upside down.

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Where it Rains in Color by Denise Crittendon

Colonized by the descendants of Earth’s West African Dogon Tribe, the planet of Swazembi is a blazing, color-rich utopia and famous vacation center of the galaxy. No one is used to serious trouble in this idyllic, peace-loving world, least of all the Rare Indigo. But Lileala’s perfect, pampered lifestyle is about to be shattered. The unthinkable happens and her glorious midnight skin becomes infected with a mysterious disease. Where her skin should glisten like diamonds mixed with coal, instead it scabs and scars. On top of that, she starts to hear voices in her head, and everything around her becomes confusing and frightening. Lileala’s destiny, however, goes far beyond her beauty. While searching for a cure, she stumbles upon something much more valuable. A new power awakens inside her, and she realizes her whole life, and the galaxy with it, is about to change… File Under: Science Fantasy [ True Colors | Embrace the Change | What Will Be | Dancing in the Rain ]
"A captivating story about trusting received wisdom, challenging the status quo and owning one’s powerI loved it."
"A technicolor Afrofuturist fever-dream of a book."
"A technicolor Afrofuturist fever-dream of a book."
This is an Afrofuturist tale that is bursting with color and will have you rethinking how you see beauty.
Outer space royalty literally glitters
Where it Rains in Color is a great novel...the universe painted is amazing.
"an ambitious wide-screen journey that reimagines beauty standards and their relationship to the African Diaspora."
A veteran journalist-turned-sci-fi writer, Denise Crittendon was a long-time reporter for The Detroit News and former editor of the NAACP's Crisis Magazine. She also worked nine years as editor-in-chief of a local lifestyle magazine based in her hometown, Detroit. She lives in her native city five months out of the year and spends the rest of her time near relatives in Spring Valley, Nevada.
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ISBN 13 9781915202123
ISBN 10 1915202124
Title Where it Rains in Color
Author Denise Crittendon
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Watkins Media Limited
Year published 2022-12-06
Number of pages 416
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.