The Editor's Wife

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I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest review, with thanks to the publisher. Musicians Andy Burrows and Tom Smith on their special relationship". Paste Magazine. 14 November 2014 . Retrieved 20 December 2014. Unhurried and mellifluous, soothing and nuanced, Chambers’ prose flows effortlessly. It is somehow wholly absorbing without being thrilling. A journey without any obvious direction or destination, but one you revel in nonetheless, because the scenery is so breathtakingly beautiful. Even trying to hide away in a small farmhouse in Yorkshire, Christopher is called on by three people, all needing his support, all on one night. Clare Chambers was born in south east London in 1966. She studied English at Oxford and spent the year after graduating in New Zealand, where she wrote her first novel, Uncertain Terms, published when she was 25. She has since written eight further novels, including Learning to Swim (Century 1998) which won the Romantic Novelists’ Association best novel award and was adapted as a Radio 4 play, and In a Good Light (Century 2004) which was longlisted for the Whitbread best novel prize.Editors finally ready to record fourth album - NME". Nme.com. 23 December 2012 . Retrieved 16 April 2018.

From the highly-acclaimed author of SMALL PLEASURES – longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021But when he is taken up by the London editor Owen Goddard and his charming wife Diana it seems success is just around the corner. Christopher's life has so far been rather short of charm - growing up in an unlovely suburb, with unambitious parents and a semi-vagrant brother - and he is captivated by his generous and cultured mentors. BBC – Newsbeat – Entertainment – DJ Edith Bowman has baby boy". BBC News. 10 June 2008 . Retrieved 7 December 2011. In this novel, the reader meets Christopher Flinders who has lost his job, and dispirited, he has decamped to North Yorkshire while he considers his future. Also a Univesity dropout he is pursuing his dream of becoming a writer and has an amicable relationship with ex-wife Carol who he met at Uni and they married after just 6 months. His brother, Gerald is living at his deceased parents home whilst Chris is renting a rustic little farmhouse - Hartslip Cottage. A letter arrives which throws everything into a spin and forces Chris to consider his past.

I became captivated by Christopher and the characters in his life. His eccentric older brother Gerald, ex-wife Carol, The Goddards and Alex Canning. They are well written and believable in their own way. Twenty years on, a young academic researching into Owen Goddard seeks him out, and Christopher is forced to exhume his past, setting him on a path to a life-changing discovery. In 2014, Belgian dance project Magnus teamed up with Smith for their song "Singing Man", which was the lead single from their second album Where Neon Goes to Die. But when he is taken up by the London editor Owen Goddard and his charming wife Diana it seems success is just around the corner. Christopher’s life has so far been rather short of charm – growing up in an unlovely suburb, with unambitious parents and a semi-vagrant brother – and he is captivated by his generous and cultured mentors. One of my favourite reads of last year was the novel “Small Pleasures” (2020) by Clare Chambers. I loved the careful, quiet details of the story, and I know it will be one I return to in the future. So I was delighted to find that this was the latest in a series of novels from the author, with “The Editor’s Wife” originally published in 2007, and now reissued with a beautiful new cover design.The noteworthy feature here is the brilliant characterisation from Clare Chambers. Every character is well developed and their portrayal is vivid and easy to picture. Most are extremely likeable, even Gerald. You realise he is doing the best he can and I grew to like him as the tale progressed. The humour is good especially from Chris with his wry understatements. The Goddards, Owen and Diana liven up matters and the comedic aspects and complexity are well balanced. A perceptive, riveting, very worthy and satisfying read. The following album, In Dream, was released on 2 October 2015. According to Smith, the record was driven by a belief that "music can be both pop and experimental." [5] "It feels like a progression from our third record. It was very electronic, but I feel like the last record had to be a guitar record to prove to ourselves that we could be a band," [6] says Smith. "To us, it's interesting if it has a darkness. Whatever that is. On the lyric side of things, if I was singing about dancefloors or happier or rosier things, it wouldn't ring true for me. I don't think you need to be sad to write a sad song, everybody has a dark side." [7]

There was a rather sudden twist in the final part which I won’t dwell on or give any details about, but it was not quite as well handled as I would have liked – it felt that Chambers was shoe-horning in a happy ending without quite laying enough of a foundation. It became… insecure, even if I was ultimately glad that the characters did obtain their happy ending. Editors unveil new single 'A Ton of Love' and announce new album - #AltSounds". Archived from the original on 10 May 2013 . Retrieved 7 May 2013. Chambers' eye for undemonstrative details achieves a Larkin-esque lucidity' Guardian on Small Pleasures Smith lives in Stroud with his wife, Scottish radio DJ Edith Bowman, whom he began dating in 2005. They were married on 22 December 2013, [14] and have two sons named Rudy Brae Bowman Smith (born 10 June 2008) [15] and Spike Bowman Smith (born February 2013).

For every good review there would be some that were quite ... people had a bit of a bee in their bonnet about certain things they thought we sounded too much like,” says Smith. “It was hard, to start with.” Clare began her career as a secretary at the publisher Andre Deutsch, when Diana Athill was still at the helm. They not only published her first novel, but made her type her own contract. In due course she went on to become a fiction and non-fiction editor there herself, until leaving to raise a family and concentrate on her own writing. Some of the experiences of working for an eccentric, independent publisher in the pre-digital era found their way into her novel The Editor's Wife (Century, 2007). When her three children were teenagers, inspired by their reading habits, she produced two YA novels, Bright Girls (HarperCollins 2009) and Burning Secrets (HarperCollins 2011). Clare Chambers is perhaps best known for her book Small Pleasures and when I was offered an opportunity to read this book, I immediately accepted. I'm glad I did. Thinking about the things you’ve been through and the records you’ve made. It felt like the end of a chapter. It felt natural to want to push somewhere new