Historical · Literary
Small Things Like These
A short novel set in a small Irish town in the weeks before Christmas in 1985. A coal merchant and father of five makes a delivery that makes him question what the town prefers not to see, and what he can do about it.
- First published
- 2020
- Pace
- Slow
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 70
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a quiet, short, powerful read about conscience and small moments of courage.
Skip this if you want a lot of plot, or find stories about institutional cruelty hard to read.
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