Something Bigger
Read by
Sheila Killian
Release:
10/03/2026
Runtime:
7h 32m
Unabridged
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Birmingham, Alabama, 1921: after the Great War, the city of coal and steel is a crucible of money and power. Fortunes are there to be won or lost, with race and class used as means to that end. Father Jimmy Coyle swims passionately against that tide, building inclusive congregations and speaking out against the rise of white supremacy.
Dedicated, determined, ambitious, naturally inclined towards human rights – he is a thorn in the side of the Ku Klux Klan, until he isn't …
Told in the compelling voice of Jimmy's younger sister Marcella, Something Bigger delivers a vivid, moving picture of a society twisted by hate and predjudice.
Based on a true story; the author is the grand-niece of Jimmy and Marcella Coyle.
"A stunning, intensely engaging novel by a consummate storyteller. It's tense and gripping and beautifully written in restrained, elegant, crystalline prose." - Donal Ryan
"With a most appealing protagonist and a deft literary talent, Sheila Killian brings us a story to make us cry and make us think. Compelling, intriguing and skillful." - Liz Nugent
"Cinematic and wide-brimmed." - Irish Times
"An engaging story written in gorgeous, elegant prose." - Sunday Independent
"Something Bigger is a wonderful novel that takes complex and consequential moments from history and places them in a beautiful, almost intimate context. It reaches into the past to explore moments we're living through in the present." - Dan Mooney
"Bringing an Irish-American family saga to vivid life" - Sunday Business Post
"Like Brooklyn, but with an edge" - Helen O'Grady
Dedicated, determined, ambitious, naturally inclined towards human rights – he is a thorn in the side of the Ku Klux Klan, until he isn't …
Told in the compelling voice of Jimmy's younger sister Marcella, Something Bigger delivers a vivid, moving picture of a society twisted by hate and predjudice.
Based on a true story; the author is the grand-niece of Jimmy and Marcella Coyle.
"A stunning, intensely engaging novel by a consummate storyteller. It's tense and gripping and beautifully written in restrained, elegant, crystalline prose." - Donal Ryan
"With a most appealing protagonist and a deft literary talent, Sheila Killian brings us a story to make us cry and make us think. Compelling, intriguing and skillful." - Liz Nugent
"Cinematic and wide-brimmed." - Irish Times
"An engaging story written in gorgeous, elegant prose." - Sunday Independent
"Something Bigger is a wonderful novel that takes complex and consequential moments from history and places them in a beautiful, almost intimate context. It reaches into the past to explore moments we're living through in the present." - Dan Mooney
"Bringing an Irish-American family saga to vivid life" - Sunday Business Post
"Like Brooklyn, but with an edge" - Helen O'Grady
Release:
2026-10-03
Runtime:
7h 32m
Format:
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781068418983
Publisher:
Author's Republic
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