Foster
8.48.4 / 10
Score out of 10362 ratingsConfidence 71%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
- 112
- Pages
- about 2 h
- Reading time
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About the book
"Foster" is a short story or novella by Irish author Claire Keegan, published in 2010.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.7 across 362 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 71% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Rankings average of 7.8. That is how 8.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.9 | 9 | 3% |
| Hardcover | 8.7 | 353 | 98% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“- ‘Where there’s a secret,’ she says, ‘there’s shame, and shame is something we can do without.' - Everything changes into something else, turns into some version of what it was before. - ‘All you need is minding.’ - ‘You don’t ever have to say…”
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