TY - BOOK AU - Keegan,Claire TI - Small things like these SN - 9780571368709 U1 - 823.914 PY - 2021/// CY - London PB - Faber & Faber KW - Ireland KW - Merchants KW - Unmarried mothers KW - Catholic Church N1 - "From the author of Walk the Blue Fields"--Dust jacket N2 - "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"-- ER -