Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021

‘An almost flawlessly written tale of genuine, grown up romantic anguish’ - 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.

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