Small Things Like These is a work of remarkable economy and power. Claire Keegan has created a story that will stay with readers long after they've turned the final page.
Oprah’s Book Club Pick. In fewer than 130 pages, Claire Keegan delivers a luminous masterclass in moral courage. Set in 1985 Ireland, this spare, crystalline novella asks what we owe to those who have no voice—a small book about small things that turn out to be everything.
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In the winter of 1985, in a small Irish town where everyone knows everyone’s business, Bill Furlong makes his living delivering coal and timber. As Christmas approaches, he finds himself at a crossroads between silence and speaking up—between what’s expected and what’s right.
Claire Keegan’s luminous novella, selected for Oprah’s Book Club, is a masterclass in restraint and power. In fewer than 130 pages, she captures an entire world: the weight of history, the cost of complicity, and the quiet courage it takes to be kind in an unkind world. Set against the backdrop of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, this story asks what we owe to those who have no voice—and what happens when we choose to look away.
Keegan’s prose is spare and crystalline, each sentence doing the work of ten. She trusts her readers, leaving space between the lines for the story to breathe and resonate. This is fiction that lingers long after you’ve turned the final page, the kind of book you’ll press into the hands of everyone you know.
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This is the kind of book you can read in an afternoon but will think about for years. A small book about small things that turn out to be everything.
Small Things Like These is a work of remarkable economy and power. Claire Keegan has created a story that will stay with readers long after they've turned the final page.
A perfect moral fable for our time... Keegan is a master of the short form.
Keegan's prose is crystalline... This is a story of complicity and kindness, and the courage it takes to be good.
A quiet, devastating masterpiece... Keegan's restraint makes the emotional impact all the more powerful.
Keegan's spare prose and moral clarity make this brief novel a profound meditation on conscience and courage.
A masterclass in economy and emotional depth... Keegan proves that the smallest stories can contain the largest truths.
Exquisite... A slim volume that packs an enormous emotional punch.
Claire Keegan is a master of the novella form, and Small Things Like These is her finest work yet.
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