Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

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Small Things Like These is Claire Keegan's award-winning, deeply affecting novella of quiet moral courage set in a small Irish town. It is 1985, and Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man, faces his busiest season during the weeks leading up to Christmas. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery that forces him to confront both his own past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the Church.

Born on April Fool's Day to an unmarried mother, Furlong was raised by his mother in the home of her employer, a wealthy Protestant widow, growing up as an outsider teased about his illegitimate status. Now a husband and father of five daughters, his encounter at the convent — home to one of Ireland's infamous Magdalene laundries — forces him to reckon with what he witnesses there, and what, if anything, he is willing to risk to act on his conscience.

Often described as a feminist take on Dickens' A Christmas Carol, the novel explores small, seemingly insignificant gestures that, when added up, amount to a life. Spare, precise, and unflinching, it is at once an intimate character study and a searing reckoning with a dark chapter of Irish history.

Why Choose This Book?

• Booker Prize shortlisted: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction.
• Widely acclaimed: Named #41 on the New York Times' 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list
• Powerful in brevity: A slim novella that delivers an emotionally weighty, unforgettable story in just over 100 pages.
• Now a major film: Adapted into a film starring Cillian Murphy, which premiered at the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival
• A modern classic in the making: Praised for its precise, restrained prose and its unflinching portrait of complicity and conscience.

About the Author: Claire Keegan

Claire Keegan was raised on a farm in Wicklow, Ireland, and completed her undergraduate studies at Loyola University in New Orleans before earning graduate degrees at the University of Wales and Trinity College, Dublin. Her acclaimed body of work, including Foster and Antarctica, has been translated into thirty languages and has earned her recognition as one of contemporary Irish literature's most celebrated voices

Who Should Read This Book?

• Readers who love short, powerful, character-driven fiction
• Fans of Irish literature and historical fiction
• Anyone interested in stories about moral courage and quiet acts of resistance
• Book club members seeking a compact but rich discussion read
• Fans of the film adaptation looking to experience the source material

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