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 affection she has not known before, and slowly she begins to blossom in their care. But when a secret is suddenly revealed, she realizes how fragile her idyll is.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and intimate.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Claire Keegan
- First published
- 1900
- Pages
- 112
- Publisher
- Editorial Minuscula, S.L.U., Highbridge Audio, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- cat, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9788412492132
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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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