{"product_id":"shy-creatures-9781399602556b","title":"Shy Creatures","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eFrom the author of bestselling sensation \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSmall Pleasures\u003c\/span\u003e comes an extraordinary story of love, family and the joy of freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Clare Chambers is a genius' INDIA KNIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Just as good - if not better - than \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSmall Pleasures\u003c\/span\u003e' INDEPENDENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As compelling as you want fiction to be' SUNDAY TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of our most talented authors' GUARDIAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Extraordinary' FINANCIAL TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt all started the weekend the Hidden Man came to Westbury Park . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by a true story, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eShy Creatures\u003c\/span\u003e 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.","brand":"Weidenfeld \u0026 Nicolson","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42824153989200,"sku":"9781399602556B","price":7.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781399602556-l.jpg?v=1785895433","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/shy-creatures-9781399602556b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}