{"product_id":"shy-creatures","title":"Shy Creatures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of bestselling sensation \u003ci\u003eSmall Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e comes an extraordinary story of love, family and the joy of freedom.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Clare Chambers is a genius'' INDIA KNIGHT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Just as good - if not better - than \u003ci\u003eSmall Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e'' \u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''As compelling as you want fiction to be'' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''One of our most talented authors'' \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Extraordinary'' FINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt all started the weekend the Hidden Man came to Westbury Park . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCroydon, 1964. Art therapist Helen Hansford is working in a psychiatric hospital, where she has been having passionate but precarious affair with her married colleague, the charismatic Dr Gil Rudden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelen''s structured life is upended when William Tapping - a silent, thirty-seven-year-old man with a beard down to his waist - arrives at the hospital. As Helen helps William express himself through art, she becomes increasingly entangled in his mysterious past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by a true story, \u003ci\u003eShy Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e is a life-affirming exploration of loneliness, love and the quiet forces that shape our lives, reminding us that freedom can come in unexpected forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Reading a Clare Chambers novel can feel like entering a modest bungalow and finding yourself in a cathedral'' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A warm, multilayered mystery with all the charms of \u003ci\u003eSmall Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e'' \u003ci\u003ei PAPER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A lively, funny, forgiving novel'' PATRICK GALE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Chambers is such a humane writer and this novel is full of exquisite detail'' \u003ci\u003eEVENING STANDARD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A beautiful story of unfolding secrets and unforeseen consequences'' HOLLY GRAMAZIO, author of \u003ci\u003eTHE HUSBANDS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e*Small Pleasures was a Silver Award bestseller according to Nielsen BookScan UK, 10 November 2023\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57395664060798,"sku":"NW9781399602563","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781399602563.jpg?v=1778613913","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/shy-creatures","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}