{"product_id":"shy-creatures-1","title":"Chambers Clare: Shy Creatures [2025] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of bestselling sensation \u003ci\u003eSmall Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e comes a life-affirming exploration of love, loneliness and the quiet forces that shape our lives.\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'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\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 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'Extraordinary' \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A warm, multi-layered mystery brimming with all the same nostalgia, wit and tenderness as \u003ci\u003eSmall Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003ci\u003ei PAPER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e*Small Pleasures was a Silver Award bestseller according to Nielsen BookScan UK, 10 November 2023\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Chambers, Clare","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50945339916627,"sku":"9781399602563","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/clare-chambers-chambers-clare-shy-creatures-2025-paperback-9781399602563-1161530953.jpg?v=1746749843","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/shy-creatures-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}