{"id":146316,"date":"2025-01-12T12:11:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T18:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=146316"},"modified":"2025-01-12T12:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T18:11:10","slug":"author-chris-whitaker-is-in-conversation-with-sarah-frances-hardy-for-all-colors-of-the-dark-monday-january-13-2025-at-530-pm-at-off-square-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/author-chris-whitaker-is-in-conversation-with-sarah-frances-hardy-for-all-colors-of-the-dark-monday-january-13-2025-at-530-pm-at-off-square-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Chris Whitaker is in conversation with Sarah Frances Hardy for “All Colors of the Dark,” Monday January 13, 2025 at 5:30 pm at Off Square Books\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A journey full of unexpected twists, shattering turns, and moments of heart-wrenching beauty\u00a0<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Best-selling author Chris Whitaker<\/strong> in conversation with Sarah Frances Hardy<\/strong> for All the Colors of the Dark<\/em>, a heart-wrenching epic of light and dark, triumph and tragedy, devotion and obsession and the fine line that separates them.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the book\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith deeply affecting characters and ambition to spare, Whitaker has\u00a0conjured a dazzling epic that defies easy categorization.\u201d\u2014Publishers\u00a0Weekly, starred review\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending.\u00a0Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the smalltown of Monta\u00a0Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing.\u00a0When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely\u00a0hero emerges\u2014Patch, a local boy, who saves the girl, and, in doing\u00a0so, leaves heartache in his wake.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer. And that their search for answers will lead them to truths that could mean losing one another. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the author\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Chris Whitaker is the award-winning author of Tall Oaks<\/em>, All the Wicked Girls<\/em>, and the New York Times bestseller We Begin at the End<\/em>. Chris lives in the UK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the conversation partner\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Frances Hardy is the award winning author\/illustrator of four children\u2019s books and is a frequent presenter at schools and writing conferences. A \u201cprofessional volunteer\u201d, Sarah Frances is involved in several statewide arts organizations including the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters, the UM Friends of the Library, and the Society of Children\u2019s Book Authors and Illustrators. Notably, her illustration work is featured in a permanent exhibit at the Mississippi Children\u2019s museum in Jackson, Mississippi. Her most recent collaboration is a children\u2019s book based on the newly adopted official state song of Mississippi, ONE MISSISSIPPI, written by singer\/songwriter Steve Azar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All the Colors of the Dark\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
By Chris Whitaker\u00a0
$29.00\u00a0
Publisher: Crown\u00a0
ISBN: 9780593798874\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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