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SUMMARY SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE BASED ON THE BOOK BY CLAIRE KEEGAN SUMMARY WRITTEN BY: LIBRARY OF STORIES CONTENT Bill Furlong's Life and Family The Town of New Ross The Convent and Its Secrets Furlong's Growing Concerns The Encounter with the Young Girl The Mystery of the Girl's Past Christmas and the Burden of Guilt Confronting the Truth The Decision to Act General Analysis ABOUT THE ORIGINAL BOOK Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan is a poignant novella set in a small Irish town during the 1980s. The story follows Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, as he navigates his daily life with his wife and five daughters. However, his peaceful world is disrupted when he encounters a young girl in distress and uncovers disturbing secrets about the convent that houses troubled girls. The book explores themes of personal responsibility, morality, and social injustice, as Furlong faces a moral dilemma between remaining silent or confronting the powerful institution behind the suffering

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