Books by Yvonne Roberts
A History of Insects
by Yvonne Roberts
A History of Insects is about a girl of about eight or nine growing up in Pakistan in the days of Empire, getting very friendly with a Pakistani man who works in the household and treating him like a favourite uncle. I think it’s a brilliantly controlled book because you never come out of the character of the child who’s just looking on the adult world in bafflement.
Interviews where books by Yvonne Roberts were recommended
The best books on Childhood Innocence, recommended by Ann Widdecombe
Politician and novelist Ann Widdecombe recommends her favourite childhood books.
