Foster

<b>** </b><b>Adapted into the Oscar-nominated film adaptation <i>An Cail&#237;n Ci&#250;in</i> / <i>The Quiet Girl</i> **</b><br><b></b><br><b>From the author of the Booker-shortlisted <i>Small Things Like These </i>a heartbreaking haunting story of childhood loss and love by one of Ireland's most acclaimed writers<i>.</i></b><br><b></b><br><b>'A real jewel.' <i>Irish Independent</i></b><br><br><b>'A small miracle.' <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><br><b>'A thing of finely honed beauty.' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>'Thrilling.' Richard Ford</b><br><br><b>'As good as Chekhov.' David Mitchell</b><br><br>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.