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

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Such a gorgeous novella about a young girl staying with foster parents in rural Ireland. Simple, quiet and warm — I loved this more than Small Things like These! Savannah

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.