Foster: by the Booker-shortlisted author of Small Things Like These by Claire Ke

Description: Foster by Claire Keegan A heartbreaking, haunting story of childhood, loss and love by one of Irelands most acclaimed writers. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A real jewel. Irish IndependentA small miracle. Sunday TimesA thing of finely honed beauty. GuardianThrilling. Richard FordAs good as Chekhov. David MitchellFrom the author ofthe Booker-shortlisted Small Things Like TheseIt 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 Keegans 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. Promotional A heartbreaking, haunting story of childhood, loss and love by one of Irelands most acclaimed writers, author of the Booker-shortlisted Small Things Like These. Long Description A heartbreaking, haunting story of childhood, loss and love by one of Irelands most acclaimed writers. 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 of the Booker-shortlisted Small Things Like These It is a hot summer in rural Ireland. A girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm, not 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. But in a house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers how fragile her idyll is. Foster confirms Claire Keegans 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 Promotional "Headline" A heartbreaking, haunting story of childhood, loss and love by one of Irelands most acclaimed writers, author of Small Thing Like These. Details ISBN0571379141 Author Claire Keegan Pages 96 Publisher Faber & Faber Year 2022 ISBN-10 0571379141 ISBN-13 9780571379149 Format Paperback Imprint Faber & Faber Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2022-08-18 Publication Date 2022-08-18 UK Release Date 2022-08-18 Subtitle by the Booker-shortlisted author of Small Things Like These Edition Description Main Replaces 9780571255658 DEWEY 823.92 Audience General NZ Release Date 2023-01-16 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:142859900;

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