{"product_id":"9781474619912-red-red-robin","title":"Red, Red Robin","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy Long Goodbye to Home\u003cbr\u003eA beautiful exploration of the making of an English girl by the prizewinning author of \u003ci\u003eCommon People\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMrs Woolf and the Servants\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Joins the very front rank of memoirs of post-war Britain' DAVID KYNASTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A winning blend of personal memories, evoked with startling clarity, and fascinating social history' CLARE CHAMBERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRed, Red Robin\u003c\/i\u003e, Alison Light puts herself into history, conjuring her girlhood from the 1950s to the 1970s, growing up in an extended family in Portsmouth, a blitzed city with its collective memory of war. Drawing on the souvenirs of her childhood - from her doll's house to her infant and teenage diaries, her comics and schoolbooks - she uses her own story to tell a richly-textured social history of post-war England: its popular culture and music, its language and humour. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWarm, witty and often moving, Light recalls the all-singing, all-dancing little girl who becomes a grammar-school snob; the street kid turned fashion-conscious teenager, searching for the ideal boy, navigating a rapidly modernising world and a family life equally transformed. Going to university, she asks: what does it mean to leave home - and do we ever truly leave?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully crafted and deeply pleasurable, \u003ci\u003eRed, Red Robin\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of the making of an English girl and of her sense of self. It asks whether we can retain a strong attachment to our place of origin - honouring our histories and beliefs - while resisting both nostalgia and disavowal. In this lyrical, analytical and politically astute memoir, one of our most compelling writers evokes a child's eye view of the past through the lens of her adult reflections, querying too how we document that past and the nature of memory itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56585153184118,"sku":"9781474619912","price":20.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40389048_87d6c7d0-fff3-4381-b0c9-537a518d2c7e.jpg?v=1773896877","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781474619912-red-red-robin","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}