Faber & Faber, 2010
One summer, in rural Ireland, a girl is taken by her father to live with a couple in Wexford for a certain time. In this house, where affection grows, and there are meant to be no secrets, the girl eventually discovers one.
Other publications: Walk the Blue Fields. Faber & Faber, 2007 / Antarctica. Stories. Faber & Faber, 1999.
Aus: Claire Keegan. Foster. Faber & Faber, 2010
«What happened at all ?» Ma says, now that the car is gone. «Nothing,» I say. «Tell me.» «Nothing happened.» This is my mother I am speaking to but I have learned enough, grown enough, to know that what happened is not something I need ever mention. It is my perfect opportunity to say nothing.
I hear the car braking on the gravel in the lane, the door opening, and then I am doing what I do best. It‘s nothing I have to think about. I take off from standing and race on down the lane. My heart does not so much feel that it is in my chest as in my hands, and that I am carrying it along swiftly, as though I have become the messenger for what is going on inside of me.
