Foster and Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

 aired the week of June 16, 2025

Foster and Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan are two novellas both jam packed with beautiful imagery.   Foster follows a young girl who is sent to live with distant relatives for the summer and Small Things Like These tells the story of Bill Furlong an Irish coal merchant who meets a young woman who is being kept at the local convent and how that encounter affects both of their lives.  Claire Keegan's books are recommended for fans of Kent Haruf, Fredrik Backman, Wallace Stegner and Sarah Moss.