{"product_id":"small-things-like-these-by-claire-keegan-9780571368686","title":"Small Things Like These","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A single one of Keegan's grounded, powerful sentences can contain volumes of social history. Every word is the right word in the right place, and the effect is resonant and deeply moving.' - Hilary Mantel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is a tale of courage and compassion, of good sons and vulnerable young mothers. Absolutely beautiful.'\u003ci\u003e -\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eDouglas Stuart\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Marvellous - exact and icy and loving all at once.' - \u003c\/b\u003eSarah Moss\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2022\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe long-awaited new work from the author of \u003ci\u003eFoster\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmall Things Like These\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable story of hope, quiet heroism and tenderness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Astonishing. Claire Keegan makes her moments real - and then she makes them matter.' \u003c\/b\u003eColm Toibin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A true gift of a book. a sublime Chekhovian shock.' \u003c\/b\u003eAndrew O'Hagan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46521772114156,"sku":"9780571368686","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11362973482391.jpg?v=1749021680","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/small-things-like-these-by-claire-keegan-9780571368686","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}