{"product_id":"shy-creatures-1","title":"Shy Creatures","description":"From the author of bestselling sensation Small Pleasures comes an extraordinary story of love, family and the joy of freedom. \u003cbr\u003e'Clare Chambers is a genius' INDIA KNIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Just as good - if not better - than Small Pleasures' INDEPENDENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As compelling as you want fiction to be' SUNDAY TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of our most talented authors' GUARDIAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Extraordinary' FINANCIAL TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt all started the weekend the Hidden Man came to Westbury Park . . .\u003cbr\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, Shy Creatures 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'Reading a Clare Chambers novel can feel like entering a modest bungalow and finding yourself in a cathedral' SUNDAY TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A warm, multilayered mystery with all the charms of Small Pleasures' i PAPER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A lively, funny, forgiving novel' PATRICK GALE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Chambers is such a humane writer and this novel is full of exquisite detail' EVENING STANDARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A beautiful story of unfolding secrets and unforeseen consequences' HOLLY GRAMAZIO, author of THE HUSBANDS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Small Pleasures was a Silver Award bestseller according to Nielsen BookScan UK, 10 November 2023","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53848794628434,"sku":"9781399602563","price":14.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_fc74bb4f-c703-4e20-b6d4-119353af60a7.jpg?v=1782495481","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/shy-creatures-1","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}