The Colors of Alba’s World
Bright Green—Truth and Strength
Royal Blue—Sorrow
Sky Blue—Kindness and Friendship
Silver—Hope
Bright Red—Lust
Violet—Joy
Magenta—Desire
Puce—Passion
Rich Orange—Insight
Bright Yellow—Inspiration, youth and the breath of trees
White—Belief
Dark Red—Obsession
Gold—the color of ghost’s words and the color of contentment
Scarlet—Dedication
Deep Purple—Wisdom
Black—Complaints and Arguments and Lies
Dirt Gray—Disgust
Dark Brown—Boredom
Fire—Zoë’s words when she talks about love
Radioactive Egg Yolks—Ridiculous Optimism
*Another Englishwoman, Elizabeth Blackwell, was the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the United States, in 1849. The two met in London in 1859.
*In 1918 women over thirty were given the vote. In 1928, all women eighteen and older could vote.
*Daphne was a cousin of the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired J. M. Barrie’s 1904 play Peter Pan. Du Maurier’s other brilliant works of literature include Jamaica Inn, Frenchman’s Creek and My Cousin Rachel.
*These included smashing windows and assaulting police officers. Pankhurst, her daughters and other members of the Women’s Social & Political Union were frequently put in prison, where they staged hunger strikes to protest the dreadful conditions.
*A celebrated group of New York City writers, critics, actors, and wits, including Harpo Marx, Art Samuels and Charles MacArthur. They met for lunches at the Algonquin Hotel from 1919 to 1929.
*As Alba mentioned, Christie’s estate places her third in the list of best-selling books of all time, after Shakespeare and the Bible.
*Virginia Woolf wrote the novel Orlando in tribute to Vita, whose son described it as “the longest and most charming love-letter in literature.”
*Of course, there is no evidence to suggest that Nightingale was, as Peggy told Alba, “a little too fond of sailors.” That was the author’s little joke.
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