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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. Set in the lead-up to Christmas, this novella explores themes of hope, heroism, and empathy.
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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 .
- November 30, 2021
- Historical fiction
- Claire Keegan
- 1980s Ireland
Oct 22, 2021 · Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan – between happiness and ruin. In this tender novel by the renowned short-story writer, a father confronts the truth of one of Ireland’s infamous ...
- Lamorna Ash
Nov 30, 2021 · Small Things Like These is a stunning new collection of short stories by Claire Keegan, the award-winning author of Foster and Walk the Blue Fields. These stories explore the lives of ordinary people in rural Ireland, facing extraordinary challenges and moments of grace. From a young girl who discovers a shocking secret about her father, to a woman who confronts a ghost from her past, to a man ...
- Claire Keegan
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A 1985 story of a coal seller who rescues a girl from a convent in Ireland. The novella explores themes of power, abuse, and identity in a conservative Catholic society.
A Booker Prize 2022 shortlisted novel by Claire Keegan, a novelist and short story writer from Ireland. The book explores the silent, self-interested complicity of a 1980s Irish town in the Church's cruel treatment of unmarried mothers and the cost of one man's moral courage. Download a PDF of the reading guide for your book club.
