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Underlying the cleavage are primal myths, deeper histories, and political folk-legends. James Meek, “the George Orwell of our times,” goes in search of the stories and consequences arising out of a nation’s alienation from itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDreams of Leaving and Remaining\u003c\/i\u003e, Meek meets farmers and fishermen intent on exiting the EU despite the loss of protections they will incur. He reports on a Cadbury’s factory shut down and moved to Poland in the name of free market economics, exploring the impact on the local community left behind. He charts how the NHS is coping with the twin burdens of austerity and an aging population.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDreams of Leaving and Remaining\u003c\/i\u003e is urgent reporting from one of Britain’s finest journalists. James Meek asks what we can recover from the debris of an old nation as we head towards new horizons, and what we must leave behind. 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In his quest from the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan to the elegant dinner tables of north London and then the marshlands of the American South, only the memory of the beautiful, elusive Astrid offers the possibility of hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith all the explosive drama of \u003ci\u003eThe People's Act of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a spellbinding tale of folly and the pursuit of love from one of today's most talented and visionary writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56313063244149,"sku":"9781847671158","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781847671158_a3c59c4b-b7aa-47f9-9fa1-46568b5b4a08.jpg?v=1786029673"},{"product_id":"9781837262618","title":"Your Life Without Me","description":"An explosive modern novel from the award-winning writer of The People's Act of Love Mr Burman is unmoored. Still reckoning with the death of his wife Ada, and struggling to understand his grown-up daughter Leila, he finds himself on a train to London, at the invitation of the police. He is to meet Raf, a young man suspected of trying to blow up St Paul's cathedral - and a man once intimately connected with the Burman family. Have the police laid a trap? Compelling and compassionate, this novel follows Mr Burman's journey towards the mystery of a radical act and into the true nature of his own family. It asks what a person leaves behind when they've gone, and how much of the past we can carry with us into the future.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":56369307156853,"sku":"9781837262618","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781837262625_430608e6-50e0-4ade-8086-cabb4b45b6f2.jpg?v=1792511812"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-james-meek.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}