The release date for the English version of 'Foster' by
Claire Keegan is Feb 2010. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Uncertain of her return date, a little girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm in rural Ireland. She finds a warmth and caring in the strangers' home that she has never experienced before, and she gradually starts to grow under their care. She then discovers how flimsy her idyll is when a secret is uncovered.
Foster, the Davy Byrnes Memorial Prize winner, has been updated and enlarged for publication. It is a narrative of incredible emotional depth that is lovely, depressing, and unsettling, highlighting Claire Keegan's enormous ability and success.