{"product_id":"shy-creatures-1","title":"Shy Creatures","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Clare Chambers \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e400 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSigned by the author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the author of bestselling sensation Small Pleasures comes an extraordinary story of love, family and the joy of freedom. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Clare Chambers is a genius' INDIA KNIGHT\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Just as good - if not better - than Small Pleasures' INDEPENDENT\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'As compelling as you want fiction to be' SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'One of our most talented authors' GUARDIAN\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Extraordinary' FINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt all started the weekend the Hidden Man came to Westbury Park . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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. Inspired 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Reading a Clare Chambers novel can feel like entering a modest bungalow and finding yourself in a cathedral' SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A warm, multilayered mystery with all the charms of Small Pleasures' i PAPER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A lively, funny, forgiving novel' PATRICK GALE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Chambers is such a humane writer and this novel is full of exquisite detail' EVENING STANDARD\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A beautiful story of unfolding secrets and unforeseen consequences' HOLLY GRAMAZIO, author of THE HUSBANDS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e*Small Pleasures was a Silver Award bestseller according to Nielsen BookScan UK, 10 November 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hunt's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56302229848445,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781399602563.jpg?v=1750850064","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/shy-creatures-1","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}