Shy Creatures by Clare ChambersIndependent bookseller special edition, signed with a letter from Clare and special endpapers. Published 29th August 2024 A novel about love, family and the joy of freedom from the award winning author of Small Pleasures, perfect for fans of Sarah Winman and Maggie O'Farrell. 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

It's a cold night in Milan and Piero Manzano wants to get home

and was closely written in 22 notebooks

and identity

in December 1990

Fungi is everywhere we look: in a forest

cut and sew beautiful fashions for elite Nazi women in a dedicated salon

Yet this is when our spirits lift

Wormold's daughter had reached an expensive age - so he accepted a mysterious Englishman's offer of extra income

sophisticated and distinctive design and illustrations from stationery and homeware designer Edward Underwood

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It explores those immortalised in marble and bronze - and what the rest of us think about them