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You might be fooled into thinking these are animal stories – and it’s true they do feature baboons, crocodiles, angry elephants, hornets and cobras. But this is not a book about a search for big cats.

And although the stories take us to Sri Lanka – a glorious tropical island full of howling ghosts – and to Pakistan and Iraq and Israel and New York, this is not a catalogue of war stories, nor is it a travel guide.

Caroline never describes herself as a tourist – except perhaps in New York where she gets held up at knifepoint for a dollar. Although the context of these stories may span the globe, they are much more about love, loss and laughter than about going places. Caroline’s wonderfully described curious places are more a state of mind, an openness of being.