Foster
Ratings107
Average rating4.4
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Ratings107
Average rating4.4
An international bestseller and one of The Times' "Top 50 Novels Published in the 21st Century," 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
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. In the Kinsellas' house, she finds an affection and warmth she has not known and slowly, in their care, begins to blossom. But there is something unspoken in this new household--where everything is so well tended to--and this summer must soon come to an end.
Winner of the prestigious Davy Byrnes Award and published in an abridged version in the New Yorker, this internationally bestselling contemporary classic is now available for the first time in the US in a full, standalone edition. A story of astonishing emotional depth, Foster showcases Claire Keegan's great talent and secures her reputation as one of our most important storytellers.
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A slice of life masterpiece, definitely a book you'd like to take with you everywhere and read over and over. Such comfort it gives.
There is no literary joy quite like the joy of an author dropping you into a short story in the middle of a scene engrossing you in the narrative in such a way that most authors are not able to do in pages and pages and pages. I am always in AWE when an author can make me care so deeply about the characters in just a couple of pages. There is an instant connect in a great short story with the narrative that is so soul-satisfying. All the stars in the world.
A very very short book (especially if you are listening to an audiobook) but very well written. This is a great example of saying a lot using few words. Writing is powerful at the same time very tender.
I am looking forward to read more of Claire Keegan now!
“It's too good, she is. She wants to find the good in others, and sometimes her way of finding that is to trust them, hoping she'll not be disappointed but she sometimes is.” ― Claire Keegan
“You don't ever have to say anything,” he says. “Always remember that as a thing you need never do. Many's the man lost much just because he missed a perfect opportunity to say nothing.”
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