Small Things Like These

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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

A hypnotic and electrifying Irish tale that transcends country, transcends time. - Lily 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.