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St. John’s Book Club: Foster by Claire Keegan
February 20 @ 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
We are reading Foster by Claire Keegan.
Length: 90 Pages (Paperback), 128 (hardcover)
About the Book
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 a warmth and affection she has not known before and slowly begins to blossom in their care. And then a secret is revealed and suddenly, she realizes how fragile her idyll is.
Winner of the Davy Byrnes Memorial Prize, Foster is now published in a revised and expanded version. Beautiful, sad and eerie, it is a story of astonishing emotional depth, showcasing Claire Keegan’s great accomplishment and talent. This book was featured in The New York Times article, “Top 50 Novels Published in the 21st Century” and rates 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon.com.