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. And Then A Secret Is Revealed And Suddenly, She Realizes How Fragile Her Idyll Is. Winner Of The Davy Byrnes Memorial Prize, Foster Is Now Published In A Revised And Expanded Version. Beautiful, Sad And Eerie, It Is A Story Of Astonishing Emotional Depth, Showcasing Claire Keegan's Great Accomplishment And Talent.