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Recommended by: Jennie Corcoran
Author: Claire Keegan
Form: Novella
Length: 101 pages
Brief Synopsis: 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
Age recommendation and challenging content: Age 16+
Dysfunctional family relationships.
Loss of a child
Notable reasons for recommending this book: Beautifully written. Explores rural Ireland in the early 1980s.