Astonishing Splashes of Colour Tapa blanda - 2003

“A heartbreaking and accomplished debut.”
–The Bookseller (starred review)

“Absorbing and sure-footed.…. Extremely well written and compulsively readable.… Morrall has written a genuinely solid and satisfying work of fiction, skilfully plotted and fielding a cast of fully realised and individualised characters. More please.”
–Sunday Times (U.K.)

“An extremely good first novel: deceptively simple, subtly observed, with a plot that drags you forward like a strong current.”
–Daily Mail (U.K.)

“A moving novel about loss, and particularly lost children.”
–The Guardian (U.K.)

“We are drawn by Kitty into her unique world as she strives for a sense of self, of belonging.… I defy anyone to read this book slowly. Or to read it once and then just forget it.”
–newBOOKS.mag

“An intense portrait of a woman who cannot remember her own mother and will never be a mother herself.… A real page-turner.”
–Big Issue (U.K.)

“An extraordinary, gripping novel written with no sentimentality. A wonderful piece of writing – it is astonishing that she has never been published before.”
–Professor John Carey, Chair of the Man Booker Prize

"Astonishing Splashes of Colour" is Clare Morrall's first published novel. Born in 1952, Morrall grew up in Exmouth, Devon. She has two adult daughters and lives in Birmingham, England, where she works as a music teacher. This debut novel has gained attention around the world.