Featured Book #1: Foster by Claire Keegan

with Dr. Mark J. Schenker, Senior Associate Dean and Dean of Academic Affairs in Yale College; Independent Book Talk Leader

$10 (Members 10% discount)

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Enjoy a guided discussion regarding this month’s summer short story selection, Foster (2010, 2023), Keegan’s piercing contemporary classic Foster is a heartbreaking story of childhood, loss, and love.

It is a hot summer in rural Ireland. A child is taken by her father to live with relatives on a farm, not knowing when or if she will be brought home again.

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