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Small Pleasures
by Clare Chambers - £8.99 Orion Publishing Co (2021)
paperback
ISBN 13: 9781474613903 | ISBN 10: 147461390x
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021
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.
Book of the Year for: The Times, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Daily Express, Metro, Spectator, Red Magazine and Good Housekeeping
(Price & availability last checked: July 2021)
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