Small Pleasures Chambers Clare (2021)

In 1957, in the suburbs of South East London, Jean Swinney is a journalist on a local paper, trapped in a life of duty and disappointment from which there seems to be no escape. When a young woman, Gretchen Tilbury, contacts the paper to claim that her daughter is the result of a virgin birth, Jean must discover whether she is a miracle or a fraud. As the investigation turns her quiet life inside out, Jean is unexpectedly given a chance at friendship, love and possibly happiness. But there will inevitably be a price to pay.