Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers

I liked the synopsis of Small Pleasures so much I bought the book twice.
Naturally, that was an oversight, which I justified to myself by the excuse that there was a sizeable time gap between the purchases and which I resolved by giving one copy away as a birthday present. As fate would have it, it turned out to be a very nice gift because Clare Chamber’s first novel in a decade is an absolute joy.

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