A small girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm in rural Ireland, without knowing when she will return home. In the strangers' house, she finds a warmth and affection she has not known before and slowly begins to blossom in their care. And then a secret is revealed and suddenly, she realizes how fragile her idyll is. Winner of the Davy Byrnes Memorial Prize, "Foster" is now published in a revised and expanded version. Beautiful, sad and eerie, it is a story of astonishing emotional depth, showcasing Claire Keegan's great accomplishment and talent.
- ISBN10 0571272878
- ISBN13 9780571272877
- Publish Date 2 September 2010 (first published 1 January 1930)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 17 November 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Edition Limited edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 96
- Language English