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Cargando... Foster: by the Booker-shortlisted author of Small Things Like These (2010 original; edición 2022)por Claire Keegan (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Like all the best short stories, I wish this one had been longer. I loved this story and it’s been on my mind a lot in the last few days since I read it. ( ) A couple of friends recommended Claire Keegan to me and this was the one that was available from the library first. It’s a short novella but there’s much more story there than the length would indicate. A young Irish girl is sent to live with a couple in another town. Her life with them is very different from her life at home and the experience changes both her and the couple who care for her. The writing is gorgeous and I definitely want to read more of Keegan’s work. Most every reader friend I have loves Claire Keegan, but clearly I am missing something. This was a pleasant read, quietly sad, which is exactly how I felt about Small Things Like These. This long short story or short novella contains lovely prose, no question, but as a whole it was bittersweet and conveyed nothing surprising or delightful to me, there are no insights to be had. It is pretty and melancholic and I generally enjoyed spending time with it. A 3.5. I listened to this in audiobook format. Foster is a short story about an Irish girl sent to live with a couple while her mother gives birth to the next of several children. She warms to the couple as they take far better care of her than her own parents did. The ending is sad. I liked the story but have trouble really getting into anything that isn't at least 300 pages. The audiobook performer had the most glorious voice though. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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It is a hot summer in rural Ireland. A child is taken by her father to live with relatives on a farm, not knowing when or if she will be brought home again. In the Kinsellas' house, she finds an affection and warmth she has not known and slowly, in their care, begins to blossom. But there is something unspoken in this new household - where everything is so well tended to - and this summer must soon come to an end. Winner of the prestigious Davy Byrnes Award and published in an abridged version in the New Yorker, this internationally bestselling contemporary classic is now available for the first time in the US in a full, standalone edition. A story of astonishing emotional depth, Foster showcases Claire Keegan's great talent and secures her reputation as one of our most important storytellers. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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