A live, lively librarian-led book club discussion about a wide range of titles and genres. Register here for EVENING ZOOM or on Tuesday, December 15, for DAYTIME IN PERSON! Registration required.
Please note: This book has a long waitlist. If you need it in print, please contact me at ariel.zeitlin@montclairlibrary.org. It's also available on hoopla as an ebook or eaudiobook.
ABOUT THE BOOK CLUB
If you like everything bagels, you'll probably like The Everything Book Club. We read the best of fiction and non-fiction, literary novels, mysteries, historical fiction, memoirs and more.
We generally meet on the third week of the month at two convenient times and venues: Evening Zoom on Thursday at 7 p.m. and Daytime in Person at 1 p.m. (outside in the Avis Campbell Gardens behind the Library, weather permitting, or the Tower Room on the 2nd floor). Registration is required.
ABOUT THE BOOK
A poignant, deeply affecting story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy set in Ireland by an award-winning writer.
It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront his past, his relationship with women in general, and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the Church.
“One immediately senses that Keegan is breathing something vital into the season’s most cherished tales, until, as gently as snow falling, her little book accrues the unmistakable aura of a classic… From the elements of this simple existence in an inconsequential town, Keegan has carved out a profoundly moving and universal story… 'Small Things Like These' reminds us that the real miracle in any season is courage. Get two copies: one to keep, one to give.”—Washington Post
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Claire Keegan was born in County Wicklow, the youngest of a large family. She travelled to New Orleans, Louisiana when she was seventeen, and studied English and Political Science at Loyola University. She returned to Ireland in 1992 and lived for a year in Cardiff, Wales, where she undertook an MA in creative writing and taught undergraduates at the University of Wales. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, The Paris Review and Best American Stories. The winner of numerous awards, Keegan is also included in a permanent exhibition at the new Museum of Literature, Ireland, which opened in 2019. She lives in Ireland.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Book Discussion |
TAGS: | Native American | book discussion | book club |
Mon, Apr 22 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Tue, Apr 23 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Wed, Apr 24 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Thu, Apr 25 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Fri, Apr 26 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sat, Apr 27 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sun, Apr 28 | 1:00PM to 6:00PM |
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