Foster. New York: Grove Press, 2022. First American Edition. A fine bright copy in pictorial dust jacket.

Signed by the Author on the title page.

Originally published in the UK as a paperback original in 2010, this copy is the first hardcover edition.

Winner of the prestigious Davy Byrnes Award Claire Keegan’s piercing story centres on nine-year-old Cáit, a shy and withdrawn child who receives scant attention or affection from a family ruled by an uncaring patriarch.

Adapted for the big screen as AN CAILÍN CIÚIN, it was Nominated for an Academy Award in the ‘International Feature Film’ category at the Oscars (2023).