Small Things Like These
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Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan is a work of fiction based on the infamous Magdalene laundries in Ireland, the last of which was closed as late as 1996.
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Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan is a work of fiction based on the infamous Magdalene laundries in Ireland, the last of which was closed as late as 1996.
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Small Things Like These is a tender novel which confronts the truth of one of Ireland’s infamous Magdalene laundries.
The books is set in 1985. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, a coal and timber merchant is busy doing his rounds. Along the way he meets people. A lot is left unsaid. This work of fiction brings to light the violence in relationship to family which occurred during that period and the Church’s involvement.
| Author: | Claire Keegan |
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| ISBN: | 9780571368709 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Pages: | 128 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Publisher: | Faber and Faber |
| Edition: | First |
| Condition: | New |
| Country of Origin: | India |
About the Author
The author was born in Wexford in 1968. Her story collections are Antarctica (London, Faber and Faber, 1999/New York, Grove/Atlantic, 1999); Walk the Blue Fields (Faber and Faber, 2007/ Grove Press, Black Cat, 2008); and the single story Foster (Faber and Faber, 2010).
Her awards include The Francis MacManus Award; The William Trevor Prize; the Olive Cook Award; the Los Angeles Times Book of the Year; the Rooney Prize for Literature, and Davy Byrnes Irish Writing Award 2009, judged by Richard Ford. A member of Aosdána, she lives in Co. Wexford.
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