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So Late in the Day

2023Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated

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Claire Keegan’s So Late in the Day is a triptych of stories investigating the friction between men and women. The collection explores how ingrained misogyny, missed connections, and the weight of small choices define domestic life. Keegan uses a minimalist lens to examine the quiet, often devastating ways people fail to love or understand one another.

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Claire Keegan (born 1968) is an Irish writer known for her short stories, which have been published in The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, Granta, and The Paris Review. She is also known for her novellas, two of which, Foster and Small Things Like These, have been adapted as films.

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