6: Childhood memoirs with Esther Freud on Hideous Kinky

Published: Feb. 17, 2017, 6:08 p.m.

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This week we return to the age most often viewed as a time of innocence and simplicity, and reflect on memoirs written of childhood. Esther Freud tells Red Szell about the writing of \\u2018Hideous Kinky\\u2019 from the perspective of her 4 year old self, Poh Sim Plowright revisits one of her favourite books and the rites of passage at the heart of To Kill A Mockingbird and the RNIB Library team review Sue Perkin\\u2019s memoir, Spectacles.

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