{"product_id":"books-small-pleasures-by-clare-chambers","title":"Small Pleasures","description":"LONGLISTED 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     'Beautiful'  Jessie Burton  'Wonderful' Richard Osman          'Miraculous' Tracy Chevalier      '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'    Pandora 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     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","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53510962938129,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781474613880.jpg?v=1778183089","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-small-pleasures-by-clare-chambers","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}