Astonishing splashes of colour

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.

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

Places: Birmingham (England)