Claire Keegan: “Small Things Like These”| Oprah’s Book Club

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4.6 • 711 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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BUY THE BOOK! Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, published by Grove Atlantic and available now wherever books are sold, with the audio version also available here. Oprah’s Book Club: Presented by Starbucks premieres with a New York Times bestseller which the newspaper named one of their 100 best books of the 21st century: Small Things Like These. Oprah sits down with award-winning author Claire Keegan at a Starbucks café to discuss this 109th book club pick. Joined by a live audience of readers - over coffee - Claire shares her writing process, takes questions, and explains some of the main themes in this modern masterpiece. The heroic tale takes us on a journey of discovering what matters most in life and why it’s important to make brave decisions. Oprah will zoom with a woman in Ireland who experienced firsthand what the characters in the story encounter. We’ll also meet two Irish High School students who encouraged their entire class to read the book. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@Oprah SUPPORT THE SHOW Visit your local Starbucks café and enjoy a curated beverage pairing - Starbucks Christmas Blend - a dark roast with notes of spiced chocolate and spruce tips, perfect for the holidays. Also referenced in this episode, "Girl in the Tunnel: My Story of Love and Loss as a Survivor of the Magdalene Laundries" by Maureen Sullivan and New Decade Film's documentary, "Ireland's Dirty Laundry." Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social: Instagram Facebook Listen to the full podcast: Spotify Apple Podcasts #oprahsbookclub Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Oprah and welcome to my podcast.
0:04.0	I am delighted and excited to begin sharing conversations with experts, with thought leaders, with writers,
0:14.0	around the human experience and what really matters in this one precious life we have,
0:21.6	as poet Mary Oliver famously has said.
0:24.6	We're starting off with a fascinating conversation
0:27.6	with acclaimed Irish author Claire Keegan about her
0:31.6	novella, small things like these.
0:35.6	Claire is a brilliant writer and also quite funny. She had so many insights to share.
0:41.4	She had me and everybody in our audience at Starbucks really seeing things in a new light. And I hope you
0:47.5	enjoy it. And I appreciate so much you joining the Oprah podcast.
0:57.7	Hi, everybody. And thank you so much for joining us. I think this is so cool. Clara Keegan has traveled all the way from Ireland. Let's welcome her here to Starbucks.
1:04.5	Thank you. I think sadness actually makes you think about what life is like for others.
1:10.4	I think being upset is really important, so you can think about what life is like for others. I think being upset is really important.
1:13.0	So you can think about what others go through.
1:15.4	We are a-ha-in all over the down place.
1:17.9	All over the Starbucks Cafe.
1:19.9	That is such a big aha.
1:32.6	Starbucks. Starbucks kind of day.
1:37.4	This is Claire Teagan, everybody.
1:41.3	Stand by, please.
1:43.3	Okay, great.
1:44.3	Anytime.
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