Kenneth Grahame claimed the only period in his life he enjoyed was his carefree childhood. A reluctant adult struggling with a soul-destroying job, an unstable wife and a troubled and disabled child, his obsession with childhood leads to the greatest tragedy of his life.Memories in soliloquies and extracts from his letters flow freely, while his stubborn belief in the innocence of rural tranquillity creates a gift of literature for an admiring world it ultimately destroys his own family