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Goodbye Christopher Robin

By: Ann Thwaite, Frank Cottrell-Boyce - preface
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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Summary

Goodbye Christopher Robin: A.A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh is drawn from Ann Thwaite's Whitbread Award-winning biography of A. A. Milne, one of England's most successful writers.

After serving in the First World War, Milne wrote a number of well-received plays, but his greatest triumph came when he created Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, and, of course, Christopher Robin, the adventurous little boy based on his own son. Goodbye Christopher Robin inspired the film directed by Simon Curtis and starring Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, and Kelly Macdonald. It offers the listener a glimpse into the relationship between Milne and the real-life Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of the Hundred Acre Wood.

Goodbye Christopher Robin is a story of celebrity, a story of both the joys and pains of success, and, ultimately, the story of how one man created a series of enchanting tales that brought hope and comfort to an England ravaged by the First World War.
©1990, 2017 Ann Thwaite; Preface copyright 2017 by Frank Cottrell Boyce (P)2023 Tantor
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Good insight.

I didn’t grow up with Winnie the Pooh and wished I did, it was a diet of Janet & John and some Peter rabbit thrown in, I think I missed out. It would have been fun visiting Ashdown Forest which was only an hour away from where I lived as a child and walking amongst the scenery.
I enjoyed this book, good narration and excellent take on the film, so much so will listen again and watch the film, AA Milne was a contradiction and an interesting character, but can’t help feeling sorry for Christopher Robin.

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