{"product_id":"red-red-robin-1","title":"Red, Red Robin","description":"\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","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56496179151192,"sku":"9781474619912","price":27.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781474619912_e01dcb50-5a47-4d6e-bbae-725588565c72.jpg?v=1778765479","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/red-red-robin-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}