Don't let me goCharlotte Nicholls has made a new life for herself and little Chloe. They have left everything behind, determined to forget a past which has cast a shadow over both their lives. But just when she feels they might have a chance of happiness at last, Charlotte is forced to confront the consequences of the heartbreaking decision she took only a few months earlier. And it seems as if her greatest fear is about to be realised that the little girl she

and with the nebulous Woodstock generation which it inspired

and political debate all get the Zadie Smith treatment

for Ingram

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As gossip spreads through the docks

Descriptions of rare species and accidental visitors to Britain and Europe are also included

and a rather handsome pig called The General

anarchy defies definition and routinely gets a bad press

is bursting with ideas for fingerprinting cats and dogs

and his wife Caroline

once stretching for over two miles along the Welsh bank of the River Severn

which could spark dissent in the Soviet Union