# Small Pleasures

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- Book: [Small Pleasures](https://www.bookquiver.com/clare-chambers/small-pleasures) ([Small Pleasures.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/clare-chambers/small-pleasures.md))
- Authors: [Clare Chambers](https://www.bookquiver.com/clare-chambers)
- Publisher: W N
- ISBN: 978-14-7461-390-3
- Published: 2021-04-29
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

***Out now: Clare Chambers's new novel Shy Creatures*** LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION A BBC 2 'BETWEEN THE COVERS' BOOK CLUB PICK 'Wonderful' RICHARD OSMAN 'Perfect' INDIA KNIGHT 'Beautiful' JESSIE BURTON 'Witty and sharp' DAVID NICHOLLS 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. 'Gorgeous . . . I could not recommend it more' PANDORA SYKES 'Remarkable . . . Small Pleasures is no small pleasure' THE TIMES 'Irresistible . . . wry, perceptive and quietly devastating' MAIL ON SUNDAY