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Foster

Foster

Contemporary LiteratureLiterary Fiction
Pages
128
Published
2010
Language
English

Synopsis

A young girl is sent to live with foster parents on a rural Irish farm, uncertain of her return home. In this new environment, she discovers an affection she has never known, slowly flourishing under their care. However, a sudden revelation threatens the fragile peace she has found.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

EmotionalMelancholicHeartwarming
Fish Out of WaterComing of Age

Genres

Contemporary Literature Literary Fiction

About the author

C
Claire Keegan

Claire Keegan (born 1968) is an Irish writer known for her short stories, which have been published in The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, Granta, and The Paris Review. She is also known for her novellas, two of which, Foster and Small Things Like These, have been adapted as films.

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