The Day Before Yesterday

A linked collection of short essays and poems offers affectionate, often wry recollections of childhood and the adult responses to it. Scenes range from attic hideouts and nursery cupboards to playground games, street organs, and the theatre, using small domestic objects to show how imagination transforms ordinary life. The narrator contrasts child perspectives with well-meaning but bewildered grown-ups, reflecting on play, education, memory, and the rituals of family and community. The tone blends nostalgia, humor, and quiet critique, moving between anecdote, reflection, and lyrical observation.