Small Pleasures Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction
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Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
29.04.2021
Verlag
Orion Publishing GroupSeitenzahl
368
Maße (L/B/H)
12,7/19,6/2,6 cm
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262 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-4746-1390-3
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,
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,
Kundinnen und Kunden meinen
sadly not more than a small, smaaaall pleasure
Frieda aus Berlin am 03.08.2024
Bewertungsnummer: 2259489
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)
i liked the idea, but the execution was lacking.
• wildly foreseeable (i won't dare to call them) twists and turns
• horrible, and frankly insulting, narrative of queer love: possessive, jealous, abusive, home-wrecking, with a deep hatred of men & children, called 'a terrible mistake'
• talks about chronically ill people as 'inspirations' ughh
• wastes potential by giving space to heteronormative 'the good man and saviour' worshipping instead of the wlw story, which happens, but only at the sidelines, in like 2 sentences & of course is tragic
• buuut interesting view on mother daughter relationships, duty and the need to be (/present as?) a good person
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