Rosy by Tracy Chevalier
b'...I have always flushed easily \\u2013 from physical exertion, from wine, from high emotion. As a boy I was teased by my sisters and by schoolboys \\u2013 but not by George. Only George could call me Rosy. I would not allow anyone else. He managed to make the world tender. He said it described not just my cheeks, but my lips as well, smooth and crimson as rose petals.'