The Forester's Daughter By Claire Keegan

The Forester's Daughter By Claire KeeganThe 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

they start to connect through Post-It notes left for each other around the flat

encountering

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Whether through face-to-face conversations

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