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The feel-good story we all need right now’ - PopsugarA cow looks out to sea, dreaming of a life that involves grass. Jan is also looking out to sea. He’s in Goa, dreaming of the thief who stole his heart (and his passport) forty-six years ago. Back then, fate kept bringing them together, but lately it seems to have given up.Jan has not. In his long search he has travelled the world, tangling with murderers and pick-pockets and accidentally holding a whole Russian town at imaginary gunpoint. Now he thinks if he just waits and does nothing, fate may find it easier to reunite them – if only he can shake off an annoying teenager who won’t go away. But then, perhaps an annoying teenager is exactly what Jan needs to help him find his old flame?Featuring a menagerie of creatures, each with its own story to tell, We Are Animals is a comic Homeric odyssey with shades of Jonas Jonasson’s Hundred-Year-Old Man. A quirky, heart-warming tale of lost love, unlikely friendships and the mysteries of fate, it moves and delights in equal measure.

‘Hypnotic and very moving’ Beth Morrey Enid isn’t clear about much these days. But she does feel a strong affinity with Olivia, a regular visitor to her dementia home in a small coastal town. If only she could put her finger on why.Their silent partnership intensifies when Enid, hoping to reconnect with her husband Roy, escapes from the home. With help from an imaginary macaw, she uncovers some uncomfortable truths about Olivia’s marriage and delves into her own forgotten past.A deeply touching story of love, age and companionship, evoking the unnoticed everyday moments that can mean the world to the people living them, Tim Ewins’ second novel will delight fans of his acclaimed debut, We Are Animals.

Why are so many children investing in alcohol, pornography and guns? What does your bank really do with your money? Are you a Pension Gangster, and if you are, how can you get out of the game?Tim Ewins, a chartered financial adviser specialising in ethical finance with a background in stand-up comedy, takes your hand in this no-nonsense guide, helping you to find out how your money affects the world – and what you can do about it.It’s an industry where, just by doing nothing, you’re likely to be funding companies you’re ethically opposed to. Pension Gangster sets out the steps you can take, irrespective of personal fortune, to align your personal finances with your ethical beliefs, and to make sure your bank balance isn’t costing the earth.