A review by coveredbychristine
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

4.0

When I started reading this story I wasn't sure whether I would like it, but it grew on me as I started digging deeper. The main character, Bill Furlong, goes day in and day out with the same measured routine at home and at work which "when added up, amount to a life". Yet there is something in him that sparks a longing and questioning for more and this comes to test when he drops off a delivery at the towns Catholic Church. Keegan writes in a light and descriptive manner while illuminating a part of history that I knew nothing about, the Magdalen laundries.
I wish there was more to the story after Furlong’s Christmas Eve decision, but that’s the beauty that Keegan creates. This story definitely gives me a lot to think about!