The Resource Small pleasures, Clare Chambers
Small pleasures, Clare Chambers
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The item Small pleasures, Clare Chambers represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Small pleasures, Clare Chambers represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Small pleasures
- Title
- Small pleasures
- Statement of responsibility
- Clare Chambers
- Subject
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- Journalists -- Fiction
- London (England) -- Fiction
- London (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Miracles -- Fiction
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Temptation -- Fiction
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
- Virgin birth -- Fiction
- Women journalists -- England | London -- Fiction
- Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
- Interpersonal attraction -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Chambers, Clare
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women journalists
- Female friendship
- Interpersonal attraction
- Man-woman relationships
- Temptation
- Miracles
- Mothers and daughters
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
- Virgin birth
- Journalists
- London (England)
- London (England)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Small pleasures, Clare Chambers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- still image
- text
- Content type code
-
- sti
- txt
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000067154468
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 346 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781474613897
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1090847407
- Label
- Small pleasures, Clare Chambers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- still image
- text
- Content type code
-
- sti
- txt
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000067154468
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 346 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781474613897
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1090847407
Subject
- Journalists -- Fiction
- London (England) -- Fiction
- London (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Miracles -- Fiction
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Temptation -- Fiction
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
- Virgin birth -- Fiction
- Women journalists -- England | London -- Fiction
- Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
- Interpersonal attraction -- Fiction
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