Small Pleasures

`A WORD-OF-MOUTH HIT` - Evening Standard `Perfect` - India Knight `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 `Beautiful` - Jessie Burton `Effortless to read, but every sentence lingers in the mind` - Lissa Evans `This is one of the most tender, beautiful books I have ever read. Please, please order it now. I honestly don`t want you to be without it. It is exquisite` - Lucy Mangan `A gorgeous, gentle novel about love and loneliness set in the 1950s. 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 `Chambers` eye for undemonstrative details achieves a Larkin-esque lucidity... There is compassion and quiet humour to be found in this tale of postwar Britain` - Guardian `An irresistible novel - wry, perceptive and quietly devastating` - Mail on Sunday `The 21st century heir to Jane Austen, Barbara Pym and Elizabeth Taylor` - Amanda Craig, author of The Golden Rule `Will draw you in from the first page and keep you gripped until the very end` - Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things 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. 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 she investigates, the more her life becomes strangely (and not unpleasantly) intertwined with that of the Tilburys: Gretchen herself, her husband Howard - with his dry wit and gentle disposition - and her charming daughter Margaret. But they are the subject of the story Jean 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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Ten produkt został wprowadzony na rynek przed 13 grudnia 2024 r. zgodnie z obowiązującymi wówczas przepisami (Dyrektywą o ogólnym bezpieczeństwie produktów). W związku z tym może on być nadal sprzedawany bez konieczności dostosowania do nowych wymogów wynikających z Rozporządzenia o Ogólnym Bezpieczeństwie Produktów (GPSR). Produkt zachowuje pełną legalność w obrocie, a jego jakość i bezpieczeństwo pozostają zgodne z obowiązującymi wcześniej standardami.

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This product was placed on the market before December 13, 2024, in accordance with the applicable regulations at the time (the General Product Safety Directive). As a result, it can continue to be sold without needing to meet the new requirements introduced by the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR). The product remains fully compliant with all previously valid legal standards, ensuring its continued quality and safety.