Main Library Book Discussion: Small Things Like These AND Foster by Claire Keegan
This month the Main Library book discussion group will be reading two novels by author Claire Keegan: Small Things Like These and Foster
Small Things Like These
"It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church."
Foster
"A small girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm in rural Ireland, without knowing when she will return home. In the strangers' house, she finds a warmth and affection she has not known before and slowly begins to blossom in their care. And then a secret is revealed and suddenly, she realizes how fragile her idyll is"
December 1: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Marc Haddon