Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan'Exquisite.' Damon Galgut 'Masterly.' The Times 'Miraculous.' Herald 'Astonishing.' Colm Toibin 'Stunning.' Sunday Independent 'Absolutely beautiful.' Douglas Stuart A Book of the Year in The Times and The New Statesman 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

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creator of Tales from Outer Suburbia and The Arrival'Treasure in the Lake is a visual treat

Bored of existing wardrobe

It introduces readers to a new daily ritual and new orientation that will bring them balanced action

bestselling author of The Wreck'A fascinating and evocative story of an enduring friendship between two women who played such an important role in colonial Australia's history

Tensions in the Colonies are great and local feelings run hot enough to boil Hell's teakettle

And while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon Over Mississippi

Circe grows up in the shadows

˜There must be payback

' - Caroline Beecham

on their journey through the Great Sandy Desert

But it is more than that