I'M NOT ONE TO GOSSIP

<p>Life is never dull in Little Bardon as Kelvin Brown discovers in 'I'm not one to gossip - tales from a small village'.</p><p> </p><p>The 32 short stories about characters living - and dying - in this small country village close to Essex Marshland paint a picture of a community from whom no secret is safe and no opportunity to gossip is missed.</p><p> </p><p>Each story is stand-alone but they mostly interlink in some way.</p><p> </p><p>Many of the stories revolve around the pub where drunken escapades are planned tall tales shared and the regulars constantly order Pint of Old Todger and a bag of scratchings Peggy love.</p>