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Small Things Like These

Author(s): Claire Keegan

Location(s): County Wexford

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1985

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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.

The long-awaited new work from the author of Foster, Small Things Like These is an unforgettable story of hope, quiet heroism and tenderness.

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Author: Tina Hartas

Small Things Like These is set in the run up to Christmas 1985, in the fictional town of New Ross, County Wexford. It is a harsh Winter and many people are struggling as the snow descends and the ice...

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