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Teaching notes on Section 6 of Claire Keegan’s novel Small Things Like These.
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Teaching notes on Sections 4 and 5 of Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These.
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Second series of teaching notes on Small Things Like These, covering Section 3.
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Post 1 of Teaching Notes on Claire Keegan’s novel 'Small Things Like These.
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A summary of useful resources and links on Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These. Notes follow in other posts.
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