This is “Wedgwood blue,” by the way. If you unearth some at an estate sale, it is worth buying because it holds its (modest) value. And there’s a thriving marketplace of overpriced and quick-to-sell pieces on eBay / Etsy if you want to turn a buck.
This is a post about the writer Penelope Lively.
A blurb on the back cover of her 1980 novel Judgement Day c…