Kith

From Jay Griffiths, the author of the award-winning Wild comes a passionate polemic defence of childhood

''Her work isn''t just good -- it''s necessary'' Philip Pullman

In Kith, Jay Griffiths seeks to discover why we deny our children the freedoms of space, time and the natural world.

Visiting communities as far apart as West Papua and the Arctic, as well as the UK, and delving into history, philos...