Small pleasures /
Chambers, Clare,
Small pleasures / Clare Chambers. - First paperback edition. - 350 pages ; 20 cm
Originally published: 2020.
"1957, south-east suburbs of London. Jean Swinney is a feature writer on a local paper, disappointed in love and--on the brink of forty--living a limited existence with her truculent mother. When a young Swiss 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. Bt the more she investigates, the more her life becomes strangely (and not unpleasantly) intertwined with that of the Tilburys: Gretchen herself, her husband Howard--with his dry wit and gentle disposition--and her charming daughter Margaret But they are the subject of the story Jean is researching for the newspaper, a story that increasingly seems to be causing dark ripples across all their lives. And yet Jean cannot bring herself to discard the chance of finally having a taste of happiness. But there will be a price to pay, and it will be unbearable."--Publisher description.
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021.
9781474613903 147461390X
1900-1999
Journalists--England--London--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Interpersonal attraction--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Temptation--Fiction.
Female friendship.
Interpersonal attraction.
Man-woman relationships.
Temptation.
Women journalists.
London (England)--History--20th century--Fiction.
England--London.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
History.
Historical fiction.
823.92
Small pleasures / Clare Chambers. - First paperback edition. - 350 pages ; 20 cm
Originally published: 2020.
"1957, south-east suburbs of London. Jean Swinney is a feature writer on a local paper, disappointed in love and--on the brink of forty--living a limited existence with her truculent mother. When a young Swiss 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. Bt the more she investigates, the more her life becomes strangely (and not unpleasantly) intertwined with that of the Tilburys: Gretchen herself, her husband Howard--with his dry wit and gentle disposition--and her charming daughter Margaret But they are the subject of the story Jean is researching for the newspaper, a story that increasingly seems to be causing dark ripples across all their lives. And yet Jean cannot bring herself to discard the chance of finally having a taste of happiness. But there will be a price to pay, and it will be unbearable."--Publisher description.
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021.
9781474613903 147461390X
1900-1999
Journalists--England--London--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Interpersonal attraction--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Temptation--Fiction.
Female friendship.
Interpersonal attraction.
Man-woman relationships.
Temptation.
Women journalists.
London (England)--History--20th century--Fiction.
England--London.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
History.
Historical fiction.
823.92