EAN: 9781474613903

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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

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