Book Club Conversation –9:30 – 10:45, Deets Room

Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan

This conversation will be facilitated by Glenda O’Brien and Lou Howell. If interested, please sign up here. Consider bringing a friend!

If you need assistance in procuring the book, contact Lou Howell at LouHowell@gmail.com or 515-229-4781.

About: 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.

Awards:

Oprah’s Book Club Pick 2024 * New York Times Book Club Pick 2024 * Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Cillian Murphy * 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