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** Adapted into the Oscar-nominated film adaptation, An Cailín Ciúin / The Quiet Girl **

From the author of the Booker-shortlisted Small Things Like These, a heartbreaking, haunting story of childhood, loss and love by one of Ireland's most acclaimed writers.

'A real jewel.' Irish Independent

'A small miracle.' Sunday Times

'A thing of finely honed beauty.' Guardian

'Thrilling.' Richard Ford

'As good as Chekhov.' David Mitchell

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.

Foster: by the Booker-shortlisted author of Small Things Like These

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** Adapted into the Oscar-nominated film adaptation, An Cailín Ciúin / The Quiet Girl **From the author of the Booker-shortlisted... Read more

    Publisher: Faber & Faber
    Publication Date: 18/08/2022
    ISBN13: 9780571379149, 978-0571379149
    ISBN10: 0571379141

    Number of Pages: 96

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

    Description

    ** Adapted into the Oscar-nominated film adaptation, An Cailín Ciúin / The Quiet Girl **

    From the author of the Booker-shortlisted Small Things Like These, a heartbreaking, haunting story of childhood, loss and love by one of Ireland's most acclaimed writers.

    'A real jewel.' Irish Independent

    'A small miracle.' Sunday Times

    'A thing of finely honed beauty.' Guardian

    'Thrilling.' Richard Ford

    'As good as Chekhov.' David Mitchell

    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.

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