![]() ![]() Now there's more! Subscribe to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books on Acast+ and get ad-free episodes. ![]() Be inspired by Malcolm Hansen like I was! ![]() It's so inspiring! And just a heads up, this episode does include some adult language. Our main character, Huey, takes us back and forth between his 8 year old self in the small town of Akersburg, GA, and his teenage self in NYC where he attends the prestigious Claremont prep school. I really enjoyed talking to Malcom about the idea that fiction puts the reader in another person's shoes, plus I won’t ever forget Malcolm’s story of a typewriter, a motorcycle and his dusty road to Ecuador. They Come in All Colors by Malcolm Hansen is a coming of age story based in the 1960’s during the Civil Rights movement. We even spoke delicately about his relationship with his birth mother. Malcom and I spoke about his using writing as a form of therapy, how growing up overseas and being raised by an interracial activist couple shaped his view of the world including being adopted. Its 1969 when fifteen-year-old Huey Fairchild begins high s. His debut novel They Come In All Colors is a mea culpa style story of a 15-year-old boy who poisons his friend and then explains the circumstances leading up to his choices. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. Malcolm Hansen, THEY COME IN ALL COLORS Malcolm Hansen is the winner of the BCALA (Black Caucus American Library Association) Literary Award for a first novelist and was nominated for a 2019 NAACP Image Award. ![]()
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