Winner of the Costa Novel Award 2021
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021
What if the life you have always known is taken from you in an instant
What would you do to get it back
Twins Jeanie and Julius have always been different from other people. At 51 years old,they still live with their mother,Dot,in rural isolation and poverty. Inside the walls of their old cottage they make music,and in the garden they grow (and sometimes kill) everything they need for sustenance.
But when Dot dies suddenly,threats to their livelihood start raining down. Jeanie and Julius would do anything to preserve their small sanctuary against the perils of the outside world,even as their mother's secrets begin to unravel,putting everything they thought they knew about their lives at stake.
Unsettled Ground is a heart-stopping novel of betrayal and resilience,love and survival. It is a portrait of life on the fringes of society that explores with dazzling emotional power how we can build our lives on broken foundations,and spin light from darkness.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241457467Number of pages: 304Weight: 219 gDimensions: 197 x 130 x 18 mm
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'A gorgeously written celebration of the natural world as well as a moving portrait of a family struggling against time. This book is ultimately about redemption-about the unexpected importance of neighbors,lovers,and friends,and the ways in which we can re-envision our lives for the better,even after the unimaginable has occurred'- Lucy Tan
'So sharply,so utterly brilliant that I found myself holding my breath while reading it,dazzled by Fuller's mastery and precision. Not since Flaubert's A Simple Heart have I encountered a narrative that shows,with such clear and patient fury,how breathtaking vulnerability can come from poverty,pride,and helpless family love'- Lauren Groff,author of Fates and Furies
'Claire Fuller strikes the perfect balance between beauty and melancholy,in this relevant and powerful exploration of isolation and life on the fringes of society'- Clare Mackintosh
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