What do we owe to others? Not just in words, but in deeds. This is the question at the center of Claire Keegan's brief but powerful novel. The story, set in the mid-1980s, centers on Bill Furlong, a coal and firewood merchant in Ireland with a wife and five daughters who is hardworking and a good provider. When he is confronted with a deeply disturbing event, he is forced to consider his Catholic faith and what it is worth if suffering can be so simply ignored. Keegan's crystalline prose and deep sincerity bring forth a beautiful novel.
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