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Small Things Like These

By: Claire Keegan
Narrated by: Aidan Kelly
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY

A SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER
A TOP 5 IRISH TIMES 100 BEST IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY
A NEW YORK TIMES 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

'Exquisite.' Damon Galgut
'Masterly.' The Times
'Miraculous.' Herald
'Astonishing.' Colm Tóibín
'Stunning.' Sunday Independent
'Absolutely beautiful.' Douglas Stuart

It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church.

Claire Keegan's bookSmall Things Like These was a Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 05-11-2022

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©2022 Claire Keegan (P)2022 Faber & Faber Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Heartfelt Inspiring Thought-Provoking Tear-jerking

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such a beautiful story, though short it is full of heart, will make you think and feel.

beautiful

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Wasn’t sure about such a short book - but it was a truly great read. Touches on so many issues without melodrama - just facts and yet it is full of emotion! . The writing style was also great - quality that demands respect - so many subplots it makes you wonder how it was achieved in such a short book. This was my first Claire Keegan novel - I’m off to find more!

Fabulous

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The story had me gripped, I just wished it was longer! Beautiful writing and imagery.

More please!

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From start to finish this was a gripping moving story well read with feeling. Thoroughly enjoyable.

All round excellence

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I enjoyed this more than I expected - good story with interesting characters! Well worth a read/listen!

Good story

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This is a beautifully written story. Very much looking forward to reading more of Keegan’s works.

Perfection

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I was very moved by this book. a beautiful portrait of people and place.

a beautiful portrait of people & place

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So so good, a perfect short book. Narrated brilliantly, enjoyed this so much. Highly recommend

Brilliant brilliant story

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Nothing to dislike. A lovely story of normal Irish life and its worries joys and concerns of living.

The wonderful descriptions of normal life in Ireland at a certain time.

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Though short, it is emotional and powerful. Creates the eerie atmosphere of how turning and a blind eye and saying nothing was a norm back then. Highly recommended.

Short but powerful

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