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A review by herreadingroom
Foster by Claire Keegan
5.0
A child is taken by her father to live with some relatives on a farm whilst her mother has another baby. The child, who remains nameless throughout, is the narrator; she comes from an impoverished background and a large family going through hard times. She does not know how long she will be away from her family or if she will ever be returned.
Under the care of the Kinsella’s she begins to grow and have experiences she has never had before - love, affection, personal value.
The kindness and compassion of the Kinsella’s radiates from the pages; the tender maternal nature of Edna and John’s quiet, solid wisdom and love are poetically delivered by the author in a deeply visceral way.
Whilst the author has been deliberately economical with her words in this short novella, she has most definitely not been economical with the power or the magic in her prose. There are some wonderful quotes peppered throughout the book that will stay with me for a very long time, particularly this one: “Many’s the man lost much because he missed a perfect opportunity to say nothing”
This is another literary diamond packed full of emotional charge, depth, poignancy and wonder.
This novella is a thing of pure beauty and I urge you to read it!
Under the care of the Kinsella’s she begins to grow and have experiences she has never had before - love, affection, personal value.
The kindness and compassion of the Kinsella’s radiates from the pages; the tender maternal nature of Edna and John’s quiet, solid wisdom and love are poetically delivered by the author in a deeply visceral way.
Whilst the author has been deliberately economical with her words in this short novella, she has most definitely not been economical with the power or the magic in her prose. There are some wonderful quotes peppered throughout the book that will stay with me for a very long time, particularly this one: “Many’s the man lost much because he missed a perfect opportunity to say nothing”
This is another literary diamond packed full of emotional charge, depth, poignancy and wonder.
This novella is a thing of pure beauty and I urge you to read it!