Claire Keegan’s novella, “Foster,” follows last year’s beautiful, heart-wrenching “Small Things Like These,” which went on to be short-listed for the Booker Prize. A short novel of uncommon spareness ...
This is FRESH AIR. "Foster" is a 2010 novella by Irish writer Claire Keegan with an unusual publishing history. Our book critic Maureen Corrigan says the long wait for "Foster" to be available in book ...
Novels even twice its length are rarely as emotionally satisfying as “Foster” by Claire Keegan. “Foster” has an interesting history. After winning the prestigious Davy Byrnes Irish Writing Award in ...
Post and Courier: Review: Claire Keegan's 'Foster' a lovely novella about making do and finding love
FOSTER. By Claire Keegan. Grove Press. 128 pages. $20. Claire Keegan’s lovely novella, “Foster,” is an exercise in quietude and controlled revelation. The story begins with a journey. Early on a ...
Review: Claire Keegan's 'Foster' a lovely novella about making do and finding love
MSN: When you feel invisible, let Claire Keegan show you the power of being seen
There are moments when life makes people feel small. Not dramatic or broken, just quietly overlooked. It can happen in families, in marriages, at work, even in rooms full of people. Claire Keegan ...
When you feel invisible, let Claire Keegan show you the power of being seen
Blink and you might have missed her. Since 1999, when her first short-story collection, “Antarctica,” appeared, the Irish writer Claire Keegan’s output has been sporadic and slim: one subsequent story ...
Claire Keegan has been compared to the Russian author Anton Chekhov and fellow Irish writer William Trevor. She shares their keen sense of empathy, eye for the telling detail, and deep attunement to ...