This is a little book about the small things in life that suddenly coalesce into profound, life-altering choices that can shake the most normal of days to its foundation. The story concerns an average family man living a quiet life when he is confronted with the horror of the Magdalen Laundry that exists in the heart of his small town. And once his eyes are open, he can’t close them. Not about the darkness everyone is happy to ignore, not about his relationships, his faith, or his own identity. The book is a little more than 100 pages, and every syllable of every word seems perfectly placed. The prose is graceful, plain-spoken, and at once gentle and unsparing. A profound and beautiful miracle of a book. I can’t recommend it highly enough.