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Foster (Limited edition)

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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.

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Product Details
Faber & Faber
0571272878 / 9780571272877
Hardback
02/09/2010
United Kingdom
96 pages
140 x 220 mm, 380 grams
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