Small Pleasures (Omnibus)

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Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (Omnibus): Episode 1

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers

Episode 1

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (Omnibus)

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A woman claims her daughter was the result of virgin birth. Read by Monica Dolan.

The North Kent Echo receives a letter from a woman claiming her daughter was the result of virgin birth. Read by Monica Dolan.

When the North Kent Echo receives a letter from a woman claiming her daughter was the result of virgin birth, they send feature writer Jean Swinney to investigate.

Jean is almost 40 and leads a restricted life with her demanding mother. But as she becomes more deeply involved with Gretchen, Howard and Margaret Tilbury, things begin to change.

Historical romance novel by Clare Chambers, first published in 2020.

Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes.

Read by Monica Dolan

Abridged and produced by Jeremy Osborne

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2021.

****  Author Clare Chambers was born in Croydon and studied English at Hertford College, Oxford. After graduating she lived for a year in New Zealand where she wrote her first novel Uncertain Terms at the age of 22. Small Pleasures was a BBC2 Between The Covers Book Club Pick.

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