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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 internationally bestselling author of ‘Foster’, ‘Small Things Like These’ is an unforgettable story of hope, quiet heroism and tenderness.

The Author
Claire Keegan was born and grew up on a farm in Wicklow, Ireland. Her first collection of short stories ‘Antarctica’ was awarded the Rooney Prize for Literature. Her second short story collection ‘Walk the Blue Fields’ won the 2008 Edge Hill Prize for Short Stories. In 2021, the Ireland Francophonie Ambassadors’ Literary Award was awarded to the French translation of ‘Small Things Like These’.

Reader: Don Wycherley
Writer: Claire Keegan
Abridger: Doreen Estall
Producer: Michael Shannon
Exec Editor: Andy Martin
A Â鶹Éç Northern Ireland production.