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Walk the Blue Fields. The Forester’s Daughter. Walk the Blue Fields. Earlier, the women came with flowers, each one a deeper shade of red.

Walk the Blue Fields. In the chapel, where they waited, their scent was strong.

Walk the Blue Fields book. Claire Keegan’s brilliant debut collection, Antarctica, was a Los Angeles Times Book of the Year, and earned her resounding accolades on both sides of the Atlantic

Walk the Blue Fields book. Claire Keegan’s brilliant debut collection, Antarctica, was a Los Angeles Times Book of the Year, and earned her resounding accolades on both sides of the Atlantic. Now she has delivered her next, much-anticipated book, Walk the Blue Fields, an unforgettable array of quietly wrenching stories about despair and desire in the timeless world of modern-day Ireland.

Claire Keegan's 'Walk The Blue Fields' has changed my mind on short stories. Like a secret threshold I crossed over into an old Irish world. The individual tales in this book reminded me of stories my own heart didn't know until the words came alive with sound on the page written with the Irish dialect that engages one immediately. Ms. Keegan writes with an extraordinary and enchanting beauty and I felt transported and wishing for a return to Ireland and the feelings of attachment to my great grandparents.

Claire Keegan's short story collection Walk the Blue Fields shines a light into the world of rural Ireland, says Anne .

Claire Keegan's short story collection Walk the Blue Fields shines a light into the world of rural Ireland, says Anne Enright. In these seven, perfect short stories Claire Keegan presents a timeless world where the neighbours gossip, the cows stand bawling at the gate, and "the farmer's days are numbered. The hurts she describes are so ancient and keen that we find ourselves scrabbling for a timeline, noting avocado starters, wondering when the petrol strike was, and when the Ford Cortina went out of circulation

It’s hot in New York but it may turn cold in winter. All morning the bantam cocks have crowed. It’s not something you will miss. You must dress and wash, polish your shoes.

It’s hot in New York but it may turn cold in winter. You must dress and wash, polish your shoes ields, white and blank as pages. Soon the sun will burn it off. It’s a fine day for the hay. In her bedroom your mother is moving things around, opening and closing doors. You wonder what it will be like for her when you leave. Part of you doesn’t care. She talks through the door. You’ll have a boiled egg?’. You’ll have something?’.

A second book of stories by the Irish writer Claire Keegan

A second book of stories by the Irish writer Claire Keegan. Initially his observations seem a little humdrum, the detached concern of God’s celibate emissary.

Claire Keegan’s brilliant debut collection, Antarctica, was a Los Angeles Times Book of the Year, and earned her .

Claire Keegan’s brilliant debut collection, Antarctica, was a Los Angeles Times Book of the Year, and earned her resounding accolades on both sides of the Atlantic.

Set in Ireland, these short stories make for grim reading and the author doesn't hold back on any subject matter. Antartica by Claire Keegan. Country of the Grand by Gerald Donovan. Any novel by Jodi Picoult. This is actually a refreshing change - and that events such as child abuse and Catholic priests falling in love, really do happen. Each story is so realistic that they sent shivers down my spine. They're easy to read as the writing style is so matter-of-fact. A cheery anthology this isn't - but convincing it is. Find similar books Profile. A long-haired woman moves into the priest's house and sets fire to his furniture. In her long-awaited second collection, Claire Keegan observes an Ireland wrestling with its past. That Christmas, the electricity goes out. A forester mortgages his land and goes off to a seaside town looking for a wife. He finds a woman eating alone in the hotel. A farmer wakes half-naked and realises the money is almost gone. And in the title story, a priest waits on the altar for a bride and battles, all that wedding day, with his memories of a love affair.