Small things like these
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Small things like these
AUTHOR:
Keegan, Claire.
ISBN:
9780802158741
EDITION:
First edition.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Grove Press, 2021.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
118 p. ; 20 cm
ABSTRACT:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
CORPORATE_SUBJECT:
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GENRE_TERM:
SUBJECT:
| Merchants -- Fiction. |
| Convents -- Fiction. |
| Workhouses -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction. |
| Young women -- Ireland -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction. |
| Single mothers -- Fiction. |
| Ireland -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction. |
| Christmas fiction. |
| Catholic Church -- Ireland -- Fiction. |
BIBSUMMARY:
"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"--