BoMay reviewed Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Small Things Like These
5 stars
A quick read but packs a punch.
128 pages
English language
Published Dec. 3, 2021 by Faber & Faber, Limited.
A quick read but packs a punch.
There's a very old Jewish teaching which says "whoever saves a life, saves an entire world." This gentle and reflective novella, in which nothing much happens and yet lives change, is a version of this, told through the details of the quiet life of a man in an Irish village.