** A Book of the Year in The Times - The New Statesman - Observer - Financial Times - Irish Times - Irish Independent - Times Literary Supplement **
WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE AND THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE AND THE IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE DALKEY LITERARY AWARDS
"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.
Already 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.
A genuine one-in-a-generation writer. ― The Times
[A] snowglobe of a story that fits a whole bustling, striving, yearning world into 114 finely wrought pages. ― Sunday Times
Powerful and affecting and very timely . . . deeply moving. -- Hilary Mantel
Truly great . . . quietly radical -- Ali Smith ― Guardian
Stunning . . . A haunting, hopeful masterpiece. -- Sinéad Gleeson
Remarkable . . . Truly exquisite. ― Daily Telegraph
A restrained and intensely moral book, full of hope and love. ― Observer
Marvellous - exact and icy and loving all at once. -- Sarah Moss
A classic in the making. ― Guardian
