In A Good Light

From the highly-acclaimed author of SMALL PLEASURES - winner of the 2022 British Book Awards Page-Turner

Without even noticing, Esther Fairchild has become locked into routine.

Living with her adored brother, Christian, she divides her time between illustrating childrens books, nightly shifts as a waitress, weekly visits to her father and fortnightly meetings with her married lover.

Then one day she encounters a face in the crowd which jolts her out of her mundane existence and makes her question both her life and the past that has helped to shape it. Memories she had long chosen to forget begin to resurface. Memories of an eccentric childhood in a large and shabby house, where the children were left to fend for themselves within the loose boundaries of their parents unorthodox values. A chaotic existence peopled by a rich collection of feckless guests.

And into this shambolic world came Donovan - regularly deposited by his unreliable mother - and Penny, Christians girlfriend and Esthers idol. Until tragedy struck and shattered their joint existence. But now, it seems, their lives are about to become intertwined once more . . .

Praise for Clare Chambers:

A wonderful novel. I loved itNina Stibbe on Small Pleasures

Effortless to read, but every sentence lingers in the mindLissa Evans on Small Pleasures

A captivating readWomans Own

An irresistible novel - wry, perceptive and quietly devastatingMail on Sunday on Small Pleasures

Shines with an old-fashioned moral certainty that is as subtle and refreshing as it is unexpectedIndependent on Sunday

An almost flawlessly written tale of genuine, grown-up romantic anguishThe Sunday Times on Small Pleasures