Small Pleasures

"Small Pleasures" by Clare Chambers is a witty, bittersweet and sharp novel about a miracle or fraud in the suburbs of South East London in 1957.

Jean Swinney writes for a local paper in the suburbs of South East London in 1957. She feels trapped in her life full of disappointment and duties. But then the young woman Grechen Tilbury contacts the paper with a sensational story! Her daughter is born as a virgin birth! Now it is up to Jean to investigate and either confirm or refute the story. As the story develops it gives Jean a unexpected friendship and rare moments of joy. But there is a price to pay…

Clare Chambers’s "Small Pleasures" is a charming story about our unpredictable

lifes with a controversial ending!