Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan
Grove Press • 2021

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.
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Predtým, ako Írsko prešlo svojím progresívnym prerodom, bolo najbigotnejším štátom Európy a sociálne výrazne rozpoltenou spoločnosťou. Ešte v roku 1993 bol v Írskej republike tvrdo kriminalizovaný sexuálny styk osôb rovnakého pohlavia a tiež zakázaný rozvod manželstva. Až do roku 1996 v tejto krajine existovali tzv. Magdalénske práčovne, ktoré zriadila dominantná katolícka cirkev, ako[...]

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.