Book by Julianne MacLean
Have you ever read a book that leaves you speechless? Well, this book will leave you in tears. The Color of Heaven is about Sophie Witham who gets married to the love of her life. Michael is the sweetest guy. He is smart, sophisticated, funny, and very caring.
Later on, they have a beautiful baby girl named Megan. When Megan was three years old, some things started to change. She started to grow lethargic and took long naps in the afternoons. Her skin was pale, and she slumped in front of the television and never smiled. Weeks and weeks passed, and it kept getting worse. Sophie decided it was time to take her to the doctor the next day. Megan was sadly diagnosed with myeloid leukemia.
They kept her in the hospital for a couple of months and began treatment. Megan would tell her mom not to be sad, because she was happy, and she knew everything would be okay. Months passed, and everything started to change.
Michael started drinking, and he stopped talking to Sophie. He would always show up late to the hospital, and he just stopped caring. The doctor asked to meet with both of them, and Michael didn’t show up, of course. Sophie grew tired of the way he was acting and confronted him. After the argument he left and didn’t come back.
The next day Sophie got the news that she had never wanted to hear. Michael had been cheating on her for a couple of months. She could not believe it! She was heartbroken and just when she thought things couldn’t get any worse, she got the news that Megan had passed away. She was devastated! She stopped eating, she stopped walking, and she stopped talking to everyone. She just became lonely and more heartbroken.
Her sister decided to come down and see her and try to cheer her up. It worked for a little while, until her sister left. A month later Sophie decided to go visit her sister, so she got in the car and called her sister to tell her she would be there soon. On the way there Sophie couldn’t concentrate on anything, she kept seeing Megan and Michael and couldn’t get over the fact that they were both gone. All the sudden Sophie wrecked and flipped her car on top of a frozen lake. She heard cracking and she couldn’t get out. She fell through the freezing lake, and her body froze. She couldn’t move.
When she woke up, she was all by herself and everything was white. She realized that she was in a coma. During the coma she visited her mom who died a while back and she talked to her almost everyday. She found out the reason why she left her dad and her.
Sophie was in a coma for a month. When she finally woke up, her sister was in front of her. Her sister told her that she had been having a visitor everyday that she was in the coma. Sophie found out that her visitor was her high school sweetheart, Kurk Duncan. He sang to her every night. They get married and lived happily ever after. Sophie gets pregnant later on and has a healthy little boy.
This book has so much detail that once you start reading it, you can’t stop! The Color of Heaven is a great book to read.