Title:: [[Small Things Like These]] Authors:: [[Claire Keegan]] Tags:: #fiction #novella #ireland Read:: [[2023-02-25]] ## Editions - Edition:: First [[Grove Atlantic]] Hardcover Edition, 2021 - Original Copyright:: 2021 - Pages:: 118 ## Annotations Extraordinary how so much can be said with so little.  I love the Irish way of speaking in questions that aren’t questions and the tone it conveys: **** ‘You’ve missed first Mass,’ Eileen said, when he got home.  ‘Wasn’t I up at the convent and then they wouldn’t let me leave without going in for tea.’ ‘Well, it’s Christmas,’ Eileen said. ‘Wasn’t it the proper thing to do.’ ****