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 & affection she has not known before & slowly begins to blossom in their care & then a secret is revealed & suddenly she realizes how fragile her idyll is Winner of the Davy Byrnes Memorial Prize Foster is now published in a revised & expanded version Beautiful sad & eerie it is a story of astonishing emotional depth showcasing Claire Keegan's great accomplishment & talent