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Essential Read

Foster

by Claire Keegan · 2010

Literary Fiction · ranked #195 in category

A young girl is sent to stay with relatives she barely knows for the summer while her mother has a baby. The Kinsellas' farm becomes a revelation of what a gentle, attentive household feels like — and the child slowly understands the loss it contains. Keegan's 89-page novella is formally perfect and devastatingly tender.

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The verdict

Category
Literary Fiction
First published
2010 · 2010s
Author
Claire Keegan
Standing
Essential Read

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