{"product_id":"chambers-clare-small-pleasures-9781474613903","title":"Small Pleasures","description":"The 21st century heir to Jane Austen, Barbara Pym and Elizabeth Taylor, Small Pleasures is both gripping and a huge delight' Amanda Craig, author of The Lie of the Land 1957, south-east suburbs of London, Jean Swinney is a feature writer on a local paper, disappointed in love and - on the brink of forty - 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, But he is married, and to her friend - who is also the subject of the story she is researching for the newspaper, a story that increasingly seems to be causing dark ripples across all their lives, And yet Jean cannot bring herself to discard the chance of finally having a taste of happiness,,, But there will be a price to pay, and it will be unbearable,","brand":"Orion Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Used - like new","offer_id":53347178807638,"sku":"9781474613903-N","price":6.59,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53451564745046,"sku":"9781474613903-V","price":6.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53299075088726,"sku":"9781474613903-G","price":3.89,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Used - acceptable","offer_id":53337792315734,"sku":"9781474613903-B","price":4.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781474613903_1.jpg?v=1784125240","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/chambers-clare-small-pleasures-9781474613903","provider":"momox","version":"1.0","type":"link"}