My Relations: By Robin Ann Eakin, Aged 8, 1929

by Robin Dalton (Contributor)

In 1929 an eight-year-old child, who had very few relations, imagined an assortment of eccentric aunts, uncles and cousins. She wrote and illustrated a little book about them, which her grandmother kept.

This is it.

Robin Dalton was born in Sydney, and has lived in London since 1946. She has been a television performer, an intelligence agent, a literary agent and a film producer (Madame Souzatska starring Shirley Maclaine; Oscar and Lucinda starring Cate Blanchett), as well as an author. Her 1965 account of her childhood in Kings Cross, Aunts up the Cross remains an Australian classic.

64 pages, Hardcover

First published November 18, 2015

About the author

Robin Dalton was born in Sydney, and has lived in London since 1946. She has been a television performer, an intelligence agent, a literary agent and a film producer (Madame Souzatska starring Shirley Maclaine; Oscar and Lucinda starring Cate Blanchett), as well as an author. Her 1965 account of her childhood in Kings Cross, Aunts up the Cross remains an Australian classic. The previously unpublished My Relations will be released in 2015.

AKA Robin Eakin

Reviews

[Terese · Rating 3 out of 5]

A whimsical tale with superb drawings. A fun read.

[Bec · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute little book with very good drawings for an eight year old.