Foster

It is a hot summer in rural Ireland. A child is taken by her father to live with relatives on a farm, not knowing when or if she will be brought home again.

Claire Keegan’s piercing contemporary classic Foster is a heartbreaking story of childhood, loss, and love; now released as a standalone book for the first time ever in the US

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128 pages

Average rating: 8.11

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lisarabin
Sep 08, 2023
8/10 stars
Beautiful and the movie even more so
Monicasmith24
Aug 29, 2023
9/10 stars
Very thought provoking
E Clou
Jul 05, 2023
9/10 stars
Beautiful. I love this one more than Small Things Like These. More of a short story than a novella.
Janice MacD
May 21, 2023
9/10 stars
Beautiful novella. Source for the movie, The Quiet Girl.
Hazel Lee
Apr 17, 2023
9/10 stars
Short read beautifully written.

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