Small Pleasures

Author(s): Clare Chambers

Fiction

1957, the suburbs of South East London. Jean Swinney is a journalist on a local paper, trapped in a life of duty and disappointment from which there is no likelihood of escape.

When a young woman, Gretchen Tilbury, contacts the paper to claim that her daughter is the result of a virgin birth, it is down to Jean to discover whether she is a miracle or a fraud.

As the investigation turns her quiet life inside out, Jean is suddenly given an unexpected chance at friendship, love and - possibly - happiness.

But there will, inevitably, be a price to pay.

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BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, EVENING STANDARD, DAILY EXPRESS, METRO, SPECTATOR, RED MAGAZINE AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING


 


'A WORD-OF-MOUTH HIT' Evening Standard


 


'A very fine book... It's witty and sharp and reads like something by Barbara Pym or Anita Brookner, without ever feeling like a pastiche'


David Nicholls


 


'Perfect'


India Knight


 


'Beautiful'


Jessie Burton


 


'Wonderful'


Richard Osman


 


'Miraculous'


Tracy Chevalier


 


'A wonderful novel. I loved it'


Nina Stibbe


 


'Effortless to read, but every sentence lingers in the mind'


Lissa Evans


 


'This is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. I honestly don't want you to be without it'


Lucy Mangan


 


'Gorgeous... If you're looking for something escapist and bittersweet, I could not recommend more' --Pandora Sykes


 


'Remarkable... Small Pleasures is no small pleasure'The Times


 


'An irresistible novel - wry, perceptive and quietly devastating' --Mail on Sunday


 


'Chambers' eye for undemonstrative details achieves a Larkin-esque lucidity' --Guardian


'An almost flawlessly written tale of genuine, grown-up romantic anguish' --The Sunday Times

Longlisted Women's Prize Fiction 2021

General Fields

  • : 9781474613903
  • : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
  • : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • : 0.3
  • : January 2021
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Special Fields

  • : Clare Chambers
  • : Paperback
  • : 2105
  • : English
  • : 823.92
  • : 352
  • : FA