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Holli, Charles and Kasha Matthews set out on an explosive journey in this multiracial family saga that begins in the bitter cold of 1970s mid-America. They must fight the “fleshes” of the world and the skeletons of their past on their quest for love. Charles, a black hustler, clings to the streets, his love affair with lust, and the memory of the mother who abandoned him. Holli, a former stripper who grew up within the white confines of an abusive father, must battle her own childhood scars.

Once they divorce, the estranged lovers take separate paths that lead them to turmoil and addiction—leaving Kasha, their biracial daughter, to raise herself. A gifted artist, she must face molestation, promiscuity, an identity crisis and her mother’s vices. Can Holli and Charles come to grips in enough time to save their daughter?

In Painted on Souls, Alverson proves that heartache is truly color blind.