{"product_id":"shy-creatures-9781399602563b","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\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt all started the weekend the Hidden Man came to Westbury Park . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eCroydon, 1964.\u003c\/span\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e''Reading a Clare Chambers novel can feel like entering a modest bungalow and finding yourself in a cathedral'' SUNDAY TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A warm, multilayered mystery with all the charms of Small Pleasures'' i PAPER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A lively, funny, forgiving novel'' PATRICK GALE\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Weidenfeld \u0026 Nicolson","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42823960526928,"sku":"9781399602563B","price":7.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781399602563-l.jpg?v=1785894641","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/shy-creatures-9781399602563b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}