She was there every morning, chasing butterflies, stalking squirrels and mynahs, her voice brimmingwith laughter, her slight figure flitting about between the trees.'Childhood memories are cherished by everybody. They are a reminder of a simpler time, a time whenwe easily appreciated the mundane, when excitement and joy were aplenty and when little causedus worry or even fear. Every experience of childhood is unique and special and only as adults do werealize how little we let come in our way to fully enjoying life in those days of unbothered pleasure.In And Girls Will Be Girls, Ruskin Bond anthologizes short stories and personal essays that speak tothis unbridled delight. Whether it was a cricket match that changed a life, or an umbrella that becamea friend, or nostalgia over old love-this book has something for everybody!