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We sit down with Chris Whitaker to chat about All the Colors Of The Dark. He shares personal details about how trauma early in life helped him write this book but also meant it took years to complete. Listen to the end for what book he would recommend and where he likes to spend time when not writing. 

Order: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761187/all-the-colors-of-the-dark-a-read-with-jenna-pick-by-chris-whitaker/

Personal Website: https://sites.prh.com/chriswhitaker

Article about the TV adaptation: https://deadline.com/2024/06/ucp-to-adapt-chris-whitakers-new-novel-all-the-colors-of-the-dark-into-series-1235978405/

TW: Discussions of childhood abuse, violence, some explicit material

Brief Show Notes: 
0-1:00 Intro 
2:30 Sliding Doors Discussion 
4:30 His discussion about following these characters for 27 years 
10:00 Discussion about Kristin Hannah 
11:30 - 17:00 TW child abuse - description of his personal life and how it impacted this book 
18:00 Alternate ending options 
20:00 TW Discussion of abortions and patient/doctor relationships 
25:00 Discussion around how weeks of research would go into writing one paragraph 
31:00-36:00 Listener/member Questions 
37:00 Reader roundup 5 quick answer questions 

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Music is Ur Karma (Instrumental Version) by Craig Reever.

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