# Small Things Like These (Oprah's Book Club) - Hardcover

by **Claire Keegan** (Author)

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**A _New York Times_ Bestseller** **\-** **Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize** **\-** **Winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction**

**One of the _New York Times_'s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century**

**_The Irish Times_ Best Book of the 21st Century**

**"A hypnotic and electrifying Irish tale that transcends country, transcends time." --Lily King, _New York Times_ bestselling author of _Writers & Lovers_**

**_Small Things Like These_ is award-winning author Claire Keegan's landmark new novel, a tale of one man's courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family**

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.

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.

### Author Biography

**Claire Keegan**'s works of fiction are internationally acclaimed and have been translated into thirty languages. _Antarctica_ won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. _Walk the Blue Fields_ won the Edge Hill Prize for the finest collection of stories published in the British Isles. _Foster_ won the Davy Byrnes Award -- the world's richest prize for a short story. _Small Things Like These_ was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Rathbones Folio Prize. It won the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction and The Kerry Prize for Irish Novel of the Year. She was awarded Woman of the Year for Literature in Ireland, 2022, and Author of the Year, 2023.

**Number of Pages:** 128

**Dimensions:** 0.8 x 7.4 x 5.1 IN

**Publication Date:** November 30, 2021

**Award:** Man Booker Prize (2022)

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