Small pleasures [text(large print)]
Chambers, Clare2021
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1957, south-east suburbs of London. Jean Swinney is a feature writer on a local paper, disappointed in love and - on the brink of 40 - living a limited existence with her truculent mother: a small life from which there is no likelihood of escape. When a young Swiss 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. But the more Jean investigates, the more her life becomes strangely (and not unpleasantly) intertwined with that of the Tilburys: Gretchen is now a friend, and her quirky and charming daughter Margaret a sort of surrogate child. And Jean doesn't mean to fall in love with Gretchen's husband, Howard, but Howard surprises her with his dry wit, his intelligence and his kindness - and when she does fall, she falls hard.
Main title:
Small pleasures [text(large print)] / Clare Chambers.
Author:
Chambers, Clare, author
Imprint:
Leicester : Charnwood, 2021.
Collation:
426 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Standard print edition originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2020.
ISBN:
9781444847093 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
1172240