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Small things like these book review5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() I personally didn’t find it heavy-handed or one-dimensional. I remember liking it during my initial read. I re-read this story in light of the comments above. ![]() I can’t wait! Please feel free to leave your comments below. Down on the lawns, some people were out sunbathing and there were children, and beds plump with flowers so much of life carrying smoothly on, despite the tangle of human conflicts and the knowledge of how everything must end. When a shadow crossed, he looked out: a gulp of swallows skirmishing, high up, in camaraderie. A taste of cut grass blew in, and every now and then a warm breeze played with the ivy on the ledge. All morning, a brazen sun shone down on Merrion Square, reaching onto Cathal’s desk, where he was stationed, by the open window. On Friday, July 29th, Dublin got the weather that had been forecast. I’m okay if we get something similar here. This week we get “So Late in the Day,” a lovely title that would likely have also worked for Small Things Like These. I’m so glad to see more of her work in the magazine! Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These was one of my favorite books of last year, and “Foster” is one of my favorite New Yorker stories. ![]()
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