Foster (short story)

Foster
Author Claire Keegan
Country Ireland
Language English
Genre short story/novella
Set in County Wexford, 1981
Publisher The New Yorker (short version)
Faber and Faber
Publication date
 10 February 2010 (short)
September 2010
Media type Print
Pages 88
Awards Davy Byrne's Irish Writing Award
ISBN 9780571255658
Preceded by Walk the Blue Fields

"Foster" is a short story or novella by Irish author Claire Keegan.[1][2]

Plot

1981, County Wexford, Ireland. A girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm, without knowing when she will return home. In the strangers' house she finds affection she has not known before, and slowly she begins to blossom in their care. But when a secret is suddenly revealed, she realizes how fragile her idyll is.[3]

Reception

"Foster" has received a very positive reception, winning the 2009 Davy Byrne's Irish Writing Award (it was submitted for the award prior to publication).[4][5][6][7] The Daily Telegraph compared it to the work of Seamus Heaney and William Trevor, while The Observer called it "Among the finest stories written recently in English."[8][8] It is now on the English syllabus for the Leaving Certificate Examination.[9]

Adaptation

An audio version of "Foster" was broadcast on BBC Radio 4's "Afternoon Reading" on 9 March 2015, read by Irish actress Evanna Lynch.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Keegan, Claire (2 September 2010). "Foster". Faber & Faber – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Foster".
  3. ↑ O'Hagan, Sean (4 September 2010). "Claire Keegan: 'Short stories are limited. I'm cornered into writing what I can'" – via The Guardian.
  4. ↑ "Writer Claire Keegan wins €25,000 Davy Byrnes award".
  5. ↑ "Claire Keegan and 'Foster'".
  6. ↑ O'Loughlin., Writing.ie. Editor Vanessa. "The Foster, Claire Keegan".
  7. ↑ "Foster".
  8. 1 2 "Foster by Claire Keegan.".
  9. ↑ "Foster - Faber And Faber - Delivered By SchoolBooks.ie".
  10. ↑ "Claire Keegan - Foster, Afternoon Reading - BBC Radio 4".
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