Small pleasures / Clare Chambers.
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TextPublisher: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2021Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First paperback editionDescription: 350 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781474613903; 147461390XSubject(s): 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 -- LondonGenre/Form: Fiction. | Historical fiction. | History. | Historical fiction.DDC classification: 823.92 Awards: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021.Summary: "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.
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Paul Hamlyn Library | Paul Hamlyn Library | London fiction collection | Floor 3 | CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Issued | 25/11/2024 | 06883206 |
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.
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