Happy Re-Launch for Jewel Hopson's 2nd edition of her seminal work, PARADE OF SHADES! This novel follows the coming of age of Karen Baker, as she grows up and enters college, and after as she navigates the adult world of dating, work, and friendships. Her attitudes about others also grow and emerge as she learns, through a series of real world experiences, how to address her own internalized prejudices about educational attainment and skin color. The book also details her family life, childhood traumas, and gang violence. A very important read that will enlighten and leave you with lots to consider long after the last page.

When her mother abandons the family, young Karen Baker is left to help raise younger siblings with a father who is absent even when he's at home. Feeling misunderstood in school and defensive in college, her failed romances with men of various ethnic groups lead her to depression. She learns to curtail internal judgment based on superficial characteristics, and to seek happiness authentically.