The Forester's Daughter Faber Stories

<p> <b>Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. </b> <br> <br> <i>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.</i> <br> <br> 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'. <br> <br> 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.</p>