I thank my women's circle for your enthusiastic support: Suzette Burrous, Marisa Clark, Elizabeth Davis, Alexandra Hart, Leah Martino, and Linda Merryman. For all the friends and family who encouraged me to tell the stories that were ...
That all changes when a young woman, Gretchen Tilbury, contacts the paper to claim that her daughter is the result of a virgin birth. Jean seizes onto the bizarre story and sets out to discover whether Gretchen is a miracle or a fraud.
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021 'A WORD-OF-MOUTH HIT' Evening Standard 'A very fine book... It's witty and sharp and reads like something by Barbara Pym or Anita...
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This is a book to guide us to the best of life's small pleasures: everything from the distinctive delight of holding a child's hand to the enjoyment of disagreeing with someone, to the joy of the evening sky; an intriguing, evocative mix of ...
Yet if we had seen beyond the flat line into that dark dimension, it would not have been such a small pleasure. Monsters live here, they don't look like those in fairytales. Many do not fly across midnight skies on brooms but steer cars ...