Astonishing splashes of colour

By Clare Morrall

Subjects: Book reviewing, Family secrets, Childlessness, England, fiction, Death, Eccentrics and eccentricities, Families, Female Infertility, Optimism, Fiction, Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction, Married women, Identity (Psychology), Fiction, psychological, Loss (Psychology), Newborn infants

Description: Caught in an over-vivid world, Kitty feels haunted by her 'child that never was'. As children all around become emblems of hope, longing and grief, she begins to understand the reasons for her shaky sense of self.