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Nov 5, 2021 · A powerful and poignant story of a coal merchant who discovers a shocking secret in a convent in 1985 Ireland. Read reviews, ratings, and book details of this bestselling and award-winning fiction by Claire Keegan.
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Dec 22, 2021 · Small Things Like These can be read as a feminist revision of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol — to which the novel explicitly alludes. While Dickens uses his story to challenge the unequal ...
Small Things like These is a historical fiction novel by Claire Keegan, published on 30 November 2021 by Grove Press. In 2022, the book won the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, [1] and was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize [2] and the Booker Prize .
Nov 30, 2021 · Small Things Like These is award-winning author Claire Keegan's landmark new novel, a tale of one man's courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family. It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering ...
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A 1985 story of a coal seller who rescues a girl from a convent in Ireland. The novel explores themes of family, class, and religion, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
Nov 30, 2021 · Small Things Like These is gripping and subtly emotionally charged from start to finish. Breathtaking.”— The Sunday Independent (Ireland) “With Small Things Like These, Keegan powerfully conjures up a prison, as observed from the perspective of one on the outside looking in. A powerful, haunting drama, this novella is essential reading in ...
Jun 28, 2022 · A review of a short novel set in 1985 Ireland, where a coal merchant discovers a girl in a convent and challenges the Magdalen laundries. The review praises the author's prose and the protagonist's empathy, but criticizes the plot and the characterization.
