It is a hot summer in rural Ireland. A girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm, not knowing when she will return home. In the strangers´ house, she finds a warmth and affection she has not known before and slowly begins to blossom in their care. But in a house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers how fragile her idyll is. ** Adapted into the Oscar-nominated film adaptation, An Cailin Ciuin / The Quiet Girl ** From the author of the Booker-shortlisted Small Things Like These, a heartbreaking, haunting story of childhood, loss and love by one of Ireland´s most acclaimed writers. ´A real jewel.´ Irish Independent ´A small miracle.´ Sunday Times ´A thing of finely honed beauty.´ Guardian ´Thrilling.´ Richard Ford ´As good as Chekhov.´ David Mitchell