Discuss 'Small Things Like These' on Dec 14th at Teresa’s Cafe in Wayne
Details
Book - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Wine - N/A - restaurant has a full bar
Location - Teresa’s Cafe in Wayne
*** This is for lunch at 1 PM ***
A small book with a big message. Every word was perfectly placed, and every line was beautifully written. There is a rhythm, a musicality to the writing that propels its powerful imagery towards the intended targets.
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.
Small Things Like These is heart wrenching because it is based on true events, but it is a celebration of the Christmas spirit, compassion and hope against a backdrop of persecution, hardship, and ill treatment of too many young women in Ireland.
The book was adapted into a film starring Cillian Murphy.