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Author: Claire KeeganModern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Published on 18th August 2022 by Faber & Faber in the United Kingdom.Paperback / softback | 96 pages 131mm x 197mm x 11mm | 126g From the author of the Booker-shortlisted Small Things Like These, a heartbreaking, haunting story of childhood, loss and love by one of Irelands most acclaimed writers.A real jewel. Irish IndependentA small miracle. Sunday TimesA thing of finely honed beauty. GuardianThrilling. Richard FordAs good as Chekhov. David MitchellIt 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. Show more