“At 3.15 every weekday afternoon, I become anonymous in a crowd of parents and child-minders congregating outside the school gates. To me, waiting for children to come out of school is a quintessential act of motherhood. I see the mums – and the occasional dads – as yellow people. Yellow as the sun, a daffodil, the submarine. But why do we teach children to paint the sun yellow? It’s a deception. The sun is white-hot, brilliant, impossible to see with the naked eye, so why do we confuse brightness with yellow?”
‘Astonishing Splashes of Colour’ by Clare Morrall
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Read my reviews of these novels by Clare Morrall:-
After the Bombing
The Man Who Disappeared
The Language of Others
The Roundabout Man
Natural Flights of the Human Mind
Try one of these 1st paras & discover a new author:-
‘Tipping the Velvet’ by Sarah Waters
‘The Secret History’ by Donna Tartt
‘Queen Camilla’ by Sue Townsend
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A 1st para which makes me want to read more: ASTONISHING SPLASHES OF COLOUR by Clare Morrall #books http://wp.me/p5gEM4-mc via @SandraDanby
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Interesting for me to read this Sandra as Clare Morrall edited the anthology which is, so far, my one publication! But I haven’t actually read any of her books, I think perhaps I should…
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Oh, you are in for a treat! 🙂 SD
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Great opening, indeed!
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Yes it’s very intriguing, definitely makes me want to read more. SD
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nice!
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I have loved everything Clare Morrall has written. 🙂 SD
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