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 Irelands most acclaimed writers. A real jewel. Irish IndependentA small miracle. Sunday TimesA thing of finely honed beauty. GuardianThrilling. Richard FordAs good as Chekhov. David MitchellIt 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.