A review by stacyroth
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

3.0

In a small Irish town in 1985, Bill Furlong runs a business selling firewood and coal to residents of his community. After growing up not knowing who his father was, he takes pride in being able to provide for his wife and 5 daughters. While delivering coal to the local convent, he makes a disturbing discovery, making him look at his town in a different light as they remain complicit in the Church's actions.

Right as the story really started getting good, it ended! I would have liked to see this turned into a full-length novel. I felt like almost the entire story was setting the stage for the one thing that happened at the end. I enjoyed the novella overall but didn't love it.

Many thanks to NetGalley for providing me an ARC of this book.