Finished: Small Things Like These (Keegan). I finished this short book while I waited for The Iron Flame to be available. I'd heard so much about it, and it truly didn't disappoint. Keegan writes beautiful prose that takes you right to what the character is thinking or seeing or feeling. I don't have the wherewithal right now to write my own update, but I did really appreciate this book! Here is the Amazon blurb:  

"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. 

Already an international bestseller, Small Things Like These is a deeply affecting story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy from one of our most critically lauded and iconic writers."