The Colour of Home

Compelling story telling, engaging and at times challenging, but ultimately The Colour of Home is a wonderful story of hope. I loved it.

Sally Page

Astonishingly good - if you read one book in 2026 make it this one.

Heather Critchlow

Tammye Huf’s searing post-World War II-era novel is a fast-paced, heart-wrenching look at the tragic conundrum of racial identity in the United States, which defined the American experience of that time, and which continues to reverberate in the America of today. The Colour of Home provides a mirror from which readers will not be able to turn away.

Charles B. Fancher, author of RED CLAY

I absolutely adored this book – Tammye Huf's ability to weave historical detail about a segregated Florida and the experiences of black WWII veterans into a story of love and social justice was excellent. She did it with the lightest of touches that packed an absolute punch – informative, compelling and ultimately uplifting

Kerry Fisher

Drawing on her own family’s history...Huf’s sympathetic, well-defined characters struggle with anger and frustration, desire and longing—and the betrayal of American democracy. An intimate look at the nation’s racist history

KIRKUS REVIEWS

Huf delivers a powerful story…The heart of the novel lies in its depiction of inequality among WWII veterans and the danger in fighting it. This will move readers

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Inspired by the author’s own family history, this compelling and layered narrative will appeal to book clubs, readers of WWII fiction, and Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half

BOOKLIST (Starred review)

A powerful tale of family, faith and sacrifice

WOMAN'S WORLD MAGAZINE

A powerful, moving story of black lives in the era before the civil rights movement

The Times