Read and discuss two great novellas by award-winning Irish writer Claire Keegan
Highlights
- Join this book club course and gain extra motivation to read in English
- 5 hours of live classes to help you develop fluent speaking in English
- Read two books and discuss one of Ireland's best contemporary writers
- Be corrected by an expert English teacher to remove errors and mistakes
Use and improve your English in this 5 week English book club course using Claire Keegan's two short novels Small Things Like These, and Foster. Each week you read some chapters, discuss them in class and improve specific areas of vocabulary or grammar while also examining literary aspects of the novel. Personalised feedback improves your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.
The two Book Club books
Small Things Like These - in 1985, in an Irish town, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, is coming into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering to the local convent, he makes a discovery which leads him to confront both his own past and the silence of a town controlled by the church.
Foster - A girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm, not knowing when she will return home. Here she finds the warmth and comfort she is not used to. But when a secret is revealed, her perfect new existence comes under threat.
'[Claire Keegan] creates luminous effects with spare material, so every line seems to be a lesson in the perfect deployment of both style and emotion.' Hilary Mantel
'Exquisite.' Damon Galgut
'Masterly.' The Times
'Miraculous.' Herald
'Astonishing.' Colm Tóibín
'Stunning.' Sunday Independent
Geoff says:
"Small Things Like These is an unforgettable story of hope, quiet heroism and tenderness. Foster is a heartbreaking, haunting story of childhood, loss and love. The books are touching; highly recommended. Both have been made into great movies, Foster as 'The Quiet Girl'."
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| Age | 18+ |
| Online class size | Maximum 8 participants, on Zoom, using break-out rooms for increased speaking and discussion |
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