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**WINNER OF THE DAVY BYRNES IRISH WRITING AWARD**
A stunning new hardback edition of Claire Keegan's classic and beloved novella Foster.
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.
Author: Claire Keegan
Hardback Published 4 February 2025 96 pages
'A thing of finely honed beauty.'Guardian
'As good as Chekhov.'David Mitchell