“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
To read an interview in The Independent with Clare Morrall about her latest book, After the Bombing, click here.
COMING SOON: my review of After the Bombing.
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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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