Chambers, Clare, <br/><br/>
Small pleasures / 
Clare Chambers. 
 - First paperback edition. 
 - 350 pages ;  20 cm 
<br/><br/> Originally published: 2020. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/> Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781474613903 147461390X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1900-1999 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Journalists--England--London--Fiction.<br/>Friendship--Fiction.<br/>Interpersonal attraction--Fiction.<br/>Man-woman relationships--Fiction.<br/>Temptation--Fiction.<br/>Female friendship.<br/>Interpersonal attraction.<br/>Man-woman relationships.<br/>Temptation.<br/>Women journalists.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>London (England)--History--20th century--Fiction.<br/>England--London.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Fiction.<br/>Historical fiction.<br/>History.<br/>Historical fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>823.92