{"product_id":"9781474613903","title":"Small Pleasures : Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Clare Chambers\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 29 April 2021 by Orion Publishing Co (Weidenfeld \u0026amp; Nicolson) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 197 x 26mm | 264g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021'A WORD-OF-MOUTH HIT' Evening Standard  'A very fine book... It's witty and sharp and reads like something by Barbara Pym or Anita Brookner, without ever feeling like a pastiche'David Nicholls'Perfect'India Knight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Beautiful' Jessie Burton'Wonderful'Richard Osman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Miraculous'Tracy Chevalier\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A wonderful novel. I loved it'Nina 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 don't want you to be without it'Lucy Mangan'Gorgeous... If you're looking for something escapist and bittersweet, I could not recommend more'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePandora Sykes'Remarkable... Small Pleasures is no small pleasure'The Times'An irresistible novel - wry, perceptive and quietly devastating'Mail on Sunday'Chambers' eye for undemonstrative details achieves a Larkin-esque lucidity' Guardian'An almost flawlessly written tale of genuine, grown-up romantic anguish' The Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1957, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook of the Year for: The Times, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Daily Express, Metro, Spectator, Red Magazine and Good Housekeeping\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clare Chambers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64838800179549,"sku":"9781474613903","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9781474613903.jpg?v=1780056735","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9781474613903","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}