"Mum always shoos us outside because we 'need fresh air'. We get more fresh air than anyone else I know."
The author invites us into her world where children improvised play in their neighbourhood, growing up with little adult supervision but rushing home at mealtimes. The children's world of the '40s and '50s is vividly recreated in a way that is at once nostalgic, historic yet contemporary.
Run, Robin, Run depicts with humour the author's...