Behind the Book: Poppy's Return

Avi writes:

The Poppy books are—I think—very much about family. Many of the incidents come from my own family life when I was a child, and/or when I was (as I still am) a parent. Poppy’s Return is very much a tale of this family life, and the multi generations that often exist side by side and which are so intertwined.

These days, a person can remain a child, and a grand child, even as they are a parent, and grandparent. How wonderful! How complicated! How interesting! And often, how funny!

Do your grandparents treat your parents as children? How will you treat your children?

It’s all here.