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Small Pleasures: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021 (English Edition) van [Clare Chambers]

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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

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357 pagina's
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Engels
Uitgever

Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publicatiedatum

9 juli 2020
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4950 KB
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A brilliant book...A love story between people who are not usually the leading players in a love story...I found it incredibly absorbing.

-- "Kathleen MacMahon, author of This Is How It Ends"

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

-- "Sunday Times (London)"

An irresistible novel--wry, perceptive, and quietly devastating.

-- "Mail on Sunday (London)" --Deze tekst verwijst naar de audioCD editie.

Over de auteur

Clare Chambers is the author of several books and whose awards include the Romantic Novel of the Year Award for Learning to Swim and the Stockport Book Award for Burning Secrets.

Karen Cass is a voice artist and AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator of more than thirty audiobooks.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07S2S82S7
Uitgever ‏ : ‎ Weidenfeld & Nicolson (9 juli 2020)
Taal ‏ : ‎ Engels
Bestandsgrootte ‏ : ‎ 4950 KB
Tekst-naar-spraak ‏ : ‎ Ingeschakeld
Schermlezer ‏ : ‎ Ondersteund
Verbeterd lettertype ‏ : ‎ Ingeschakeld
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Ingeschakeld
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Ingeschakeld
Printlengte ‏ : ‎ 357 pagina's

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- #3 in Pulmonologisch & thoracaal
- #9 in Reproductieve geneeskunde & technologie
- #22 in Medische fictie

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my first Clare Chambers novel - certainly not the last

Beoordeeld in Nederland op 8 september 2021

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A well written novel that captures the reader from the first page. The premise of the story is interesting to say the least. The romantic undertones are enjoyable and as noted, this will not be my last Clare Chambers book.

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SusannahB

A Warm and Involving Story

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 31 juli 2020

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I have read and enjoyed all of Clare Chambers' previous novels, so I was looking forward to this new title and I’m pleased to say that I was not disappointed. Set in 1957 in the south-east suburbs of London, 'Small Pleasures' introduces us to thirty-nine-year-old Jean Swinney, an unmarried features writer for the North Kent Echo, who admits to being rather plain and who lives with her rather demanding and somewhat neurotic widowed mother. When the newspaper is contacted by Gretchen Tilbury, a young woman who claims that her ten-year-old daughter, Margaret, is the result of a virgin birth, it is Jean who is appointed to follow up the story. Despite Jean’s initial misgivings, she is soon drawn into the lives of the Tilbury family - the friendly, attractive Gretchen, her kind, older husband, Howard, and the very engaging young Margaret - all of whom welcome the lonely Jean into their home and all of whom, in different ways, Jean becomes very fond. Supporting Gretchen and Margaret through the ordeal of the medical tests and investigations that are needed to substantiate Gretchen’s claim, Jean grows even closer to the Tilburys - but is Gretchen telling the truth? And if she isn’t, what does she have to gain by her deception? There is a lot more to this involving story than I have mentioned here, but to reveal more would spoil it for those who have yet to read it.

A perceptively observed story which looks at the quiet, orderly life of a woman who is single not from choice, but from a lack of opportunity in finding the right man to marry, and who has to make do with the small pleasures of life amongst all of the mundanities. The author portrays well the suffocating effect that Jean's mother has on her daughter and how difficult it is for Jean to break free from her mother’s dependence on her and the resultant guilt she experiences when she does manage to get some time to herself. Ms Chambers also describes well the time period she has set her story in (I wasn’t alive in 1957, but the author's writing certainly appears very evocative of that time) and although, for the most part, this is essentially a gentle and slow-moving story, there are aspects to it that keep the reader guessing until the end and I was engaged from the first page to the last. A warm, involving and enjoyable read and one I would recommend.

4 Stars.

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Lilac Lamb

Couldn't put it down!

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 1 augustus 2020

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I have found it very hard to read novels during lockdown due to problems with concentration. However, I had no difficulty at all in reading this novel! I was sucked in from the first page and read the novel in two long summer afternoons in the garden! I live in the area where the novel is set, and it remains largely unchanged, so I can picture the locations. This novel is structured in such a way that you just want to read on, to see what happens next! The characters are beautifully written and their inner lives are richly evoked in the context of the petty restrictions of suburban England in the 1950's.

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Eleanor

Sort of nice but unsatisfying

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 1 november 2020

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A nice read. Sort of. I found the virgin birth storyline very predictable and was just waiting for that to unravel - there were too many clunky references to the fact that Gretchen was regularly dosed up on too many sleeping pills.
I also found the end jarring. And perhaps just plain cruel to the characters and the reader - I’m not sure what purpose it really gave other than for us to realise that poor Jeans life would continue to be “bleak” in her own words.
No idea how the two true stories link together either. That could have been done much more sophisticatedly. A shame, this book had promise and I enjoyed parts. On reflection 3 stars is too generous so I’ve dropped to two!

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Misty

Amazing novel ... until it wasn’t.

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 25 oktober 2020

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The first two-thirds of this novel are stunning: a stunningly well-drawn portrait of restricted lives and stifled desires with a beautiful feeling of sense and place. The characters are so rounded and vivid I could not shake the image of Mark Rylance playing the role of Howard, if - and when - Small Pleasures is ever brought to the screen. The final third of the novel however was a crashing disappointment with tropes, a lazy-sounding ‘twist’ and an ending so disappointingly abrupt and sad that all it made me think of is here is an author desperate to be shortlisted for a literary prize rather than one invested enough in her characters and readers to gift them at least with a hopeful ending rather than the utter misery promised for all the characters, even little Margaret and her ‘angel voices.’ I don’t often write reviews but I feel so cross that a novel that could’ve been a modern classic fizzled so badly.

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Markie

First book in years I couldn't put down

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 13 juli 2020

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A friend mentioned this book and I vaguely know the area so thought I'd give it a go. Beautifully created 3D characters that I just had to knw what was in store for them. Period details are superb. I can see this as a TV drama quite easily.

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