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Small Things Like These [electronic resource] :
Record details
- ISBN: 9780802158758
- Publisher: [S.l.]: Grove Atlantic, 2021.
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| Target Audience Note: | General adult. |
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| Subject: | Holidays > FICTION Literary > FICTION Small Town & Rural > FICTION Family Life > FICTION |
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- Baker & Taylor
In a small Irish town in 1985, coal merchant and family man, Bill Furlong, while delivering an order to the local convent, makes a discovery that forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church. - Baker & Taylor
"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 an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church. Already a bestseller in France and certain to be read worldwide for generations to come, Small Things Like These is a deeply affecting story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy from one of our most critically lauded and iconic writers"-- - Lightning Source, Inc. Ebooks
**OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK 2024**
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY
A New York Times Bestseller ⢠Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize ⢠Winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction
One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
The Irish Times Best Book of the 21st Century
"A hypnotic and electrifying Irish tale that transcends country, transcends time." âLily King, New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers
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 an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church.
An international bestseller, Small Things Like These is a deeply affecting story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy from one of our most critically lauded and iconic writers.
- Lightning Source, Inc. Ebooks
Destined to be a modern classic from 'an original and a canonical presence in Irish fiction' (Colm TóibÃn), Small Things Like These is Claire Keegan's landmark new novel, the tale of one man's courage ' and a remarkable portrait of love and family
