Foster is so good it made me cry. It is beautifully and sparely written, about a little girl who is sent away to stay with strangers, the Kinsellas, while her mother has yet another baby. Her father, we learn very quickly, has gambled away their heifer and tells lies for no reason. He tells the Kinsellas, “You can have her as long as you want her.” He forgets to leave her clothes.
The girl is scared and mistrustful. When she wets the bed, she expects to be punished and sent home, but Edna Kinsella says the old mattress has been weeping and merely cleans and airs it. The Kinsellas are kind. They give her clothes to wear and feed her well, and she helps Edna with chores. She begins to love living on the farm.
I will say no more except this is a lovely book.
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I read Small Things Like These last year, but haven’t read this one yet. I’m looking forward to it – it does sound lovely!
It’s wonderful. Very short, too. I think I read it in one afternoon.
Kay,
Read your review and just ordered the book for my Kindle. If it affected you that profoundly, I just HAD to read it.
Happy Holidays!!
â David
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Great, Dave! I’m sure you’ll love it.
It made me cry too. I’ve been impressed with everything I’ve read by Keegan.
As have I
I loved this book, and the other one I read. She is really very good. So much inside such short stories.
I agree.
Totally! My sister read it in one sitting when visiting me. She adored it as much as I did!
Hm, never read this one but I think I know who’d like it. Gotta send a recommendation now.
I hope they like it.
Sound wonderful and I shall add it to my list, but not for immediately – two books have made me sob in the last week and I need to wait for my nose to stop being red… 😉
ha ha ha!