A new publication of Claire Keegan's novella 'Foster' does several of the things we ask of great literature: It expands our world, diverting our attention outward, and it opens up our hearts and minds.
The nameless narrator ofis a little girl whose parents, impoverished Catholic farmers already overwhelmed by too many children and the father's bad habits, farm her out to distant relatives she's never met when her mother's belly is"hard with the next baby.
Mrs. Kinsella bathes her, cleans her filthy fingernails, deals with her urine-soaked bedding — all without reproach. In the night, she checks on the girl, who hears the woman whisper,"God help you child. If you were mine, I'd never leave you in a house with strangers." When the woman starts to see the effects of their care, she says,"All you need is minding."
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