Dine Out Book Discussion: "Small Things Like These" by Claire Keegan (Panera Bread)

Name: Dine Out Book Discussion: "Small Things Like These" by Claire Keegan (Panera Bread)
Start: 2025-11-18T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-18T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Panera Bread (874 Costley Way, Prince Frederick, MD)

Schedule

Tue Nov 18 2025 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Panera Bread (874 Costley Way, Prince Frederick, MD) | Prince Frederick, MD

"It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a small community controlled by the Church." (from The Booker Prize reading guide)
(Description crafted by ChatGPT) "Small Things Like These" is a novella by Claire Keegan, and more recently a film, about coal merchant Bill Furlong in a 1985 Irish town who discovers the cruel exploitation of women and children at a local convent, forcing him to confront the town's complicity and his own past. The story is a social commentary on the Magdalene Laundries and mother-and-baby homes, highlighting themes of quiet heroism, empathy, and the difficult choices one must make when faced with institutionalized cruelty.
Join us for dinner at Panera Bread in Prince Frederick. We'll have dinner at 6:00 pm, and the book discussion will begin at 7:00 pm. Join us for dinner, the discussion, or both!
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