53 pages 1 hour read

Clare Chambers

Small Pleasures

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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Essay Topics

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Why does Jean decide to keep the true events of Margaret’s conception from the Tilburys?

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Chambers explores different types of womanhood throughout the novel, including “unofficial aunts” and caretakers. How do the characters embody different identities? How do these roles conflict?

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Does Jean support other women in this novel? Why or why not? How does this novel complicate this notion?