Small Pleasures : Longlisted for the Womens Prize for Fiction

Author: Chambers, Clare

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Published on 29 April 2021 by Orion Publishing Co (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 368 pages
130 x 197 x 26 | 264g

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021A WORD-OF-MOUTH HIT Evening Standard A very fine book... Its witty and sharp and reads like something by Barbara Pym or Anita Brookner, without ever feeling like a pasticheDavid NichollsPerfectIndia Knight

Beautiful Jessie BurtonWonderfulRichard Osman

MiraculousTracy Chevalier

A wonderful novel. I loved itNina 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 dont want you to be without itLucy ManganGorgeous... If youre looking for something escapist and bittersweet, I could not recommend more

Pandora SykesRemarkable... Small Pleasures is no small pleasureThe TimesAn irresistible novel - wry, perceptive and quietly devastatingMail on SundayChambers eye for undemonstrative details achieves a Larkin-esque lucidity GuardianAn almost flawlessly written tale of genuine, grown-up romantic anguish The Sunday Times

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.

Book of the Year for: The Times, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Daily Express, Metro, Spectator, Red Magazine and Good Housekeeping