Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan
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.
'Powerful and affecting and very timely . . . deeply moving.' Hilary Mantel
'Powerful and affecting and very timely . . . deeply moving.' Hilary Mantel