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The Forester`s Daughter: Faber Stories

The evening is fine. In the sky a few early stars are shining of their own accord. She watches the dog licking the bowl clean. This dog will break her daughter`s heart, she`s sure of it.Claire Keegan`s mesmeric story takes us into the heart of the Wicklow countryside, and of the farming family of Victor Deegan, with his `three teenagers, the milking and the mortgage`.When Deegan finds a gun dog and gives it as a present to his only daughter, his wife is filled with foreboding at this seeming act of kindness. As the seasons pass, long-buried family secrets threaten to emerge.