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*From the Booker-shortlisted author of Small Things Like These*

Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.

The evening is fine. In the sky a few early stars are shining of their own accord.…

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1 author picked The Forester's Daughter as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Only Claire Keegan can write like this: a world, a life history, in one tiny book.

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