From the Women''s Prize longlisted, British Book Award-winning, bestselling author of Small Pleasures, a new novel about love, family and the joy of freedom.
''I was worried this wouldn''t be as good as the brilliant
Small Pleasures, but it might be even better. Clare Chambers is a genius''
INDIA KNIGHT''A tender, absorbing novel . . . And it''s just as good - if not better - than her last''
INDEPENDENT
''A magnificent novel. I loved it to its bones''
EMMA STONEX
''Shy Creatures confirms Clare Chambers as one of our most talented writers''
GUARDIAN
In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be identified as the beginning of the decline. For Helen it was the weekend that the Hidden Man came to Westbury Park.Croydon, 1964. Helen Hansford is in her thirties and an art therapist in a psychiatric hospital where s
