Foster

by the Booker-shortlisted author of Small Things Like These

By:

Claire Keegan

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Paperback / softback

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'A real jewel.' Irish Independent'A small miracle.' Sunday Times 'A thing of finely honed beauty.' Guardian 'Thrilling.' Richard Ford 'As good as Chekhov.' David Mitchell From the author ofthe Booker-shortlisted Small Things Like These It is a hot summer in rural Ireland. A girl is sent to live with foster parents on afarm, not knowing when she will return home. In the strangers' house, shefinds a warmth and affection she has not known before and slowly begins toblossom in their care. But in a house where there are meant to be no secrets,she discovers how fragile her idyll is. 'Foster confirms Claire Keegan's talent. She creates luminous effects with spare material, so every line seems to be a lesson in the perfect deployment of both style and emotion' - Hilary Mantel

Author Biography:

Claire Keegan was born in 1968. Her first collection of short stories, Antarctica, received the Rooney Prize for Literature, and announced her as an exceptionally gifted and versatile writer of contemporary fiction. Her second short story collection, Walk the Blue Fields, was published to enormous critical acclaim in 2007 and won her the 2008 Edge Hill Prize for Short Stories. Claire Keegan lives in County Louth, Ireland.

Release date Australia

August 18th, 2022

Author

Claire Keegan

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Edition

Main

Pages

Dimensions

129x198x6

ISBN-13

9780571379149

Product ID

35755356

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