Small Pleasures: A Novel long-buried secrets come to light

long-buried secrets come to light as it becomes clear how decisions Minh made in her youth affected the rest of her life-and beyond

When he links a case to an archaeological dis­covery

but living among the angry and the mourning is almost as hard as carrying the shame of having been the driver

Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Nonfiction Prize * Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize * Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize * Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History

Small Pleasures: A Novel long-buried secrets come to lightIn the best tradition of Tessa Hadley, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Ann Patchettan astonishing, keenly observed period piece about an ordinary British woman in the 1950s whose dutiful life takes a sudden turn into a pitched battle between propriety and unexpected passion. "With wit and dry humor quietly affecting in unexpected ways. Chambers' language is beautiful, achieving what only the most skilled writers can: big pleasure wrought from small details." The