Small Pleasures

Longlisted for the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction | The BBC 2 Between the Covers Pick and BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime

By: Clare Chambers

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Paperback | 27 April 2021 | Edition Number 1

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352 Pages

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A novel of unexpected second chances set in 1950s England.

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.

About the Author

Clare Chamber's first job after reading English Literature at Hertford College, Oxford, was working for Diana Athill at Andre Deutsch. Clare's first novel Uncertain Terms was published by Diana at Andre Deutsch in 1992 and she is the author of five other novels. Small Pleasures is her first work of fiction in ten years.

Industry Reviews

An almost flawlessly written tale of genuine, grown-up romantic anguish. Written in prose that is clipped as closely as suburban hedges. - THE SUNDAY TIMES

No twee romance, but a quietly compelling novel of duty and desire. - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

So good it made me want to read her entire backlist! - PRIMA

Beautiful... Small Pleasures is a sort of meditation on finding moments of joy (a solo cigarette, a melting ice-cream) in a context of wider sadness. - Emma Beddington in the Observer Magazine

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