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. Unsettled Ground is a heart-stopping novel of betrayal and resilience, love and survival. 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. Washington State Book Award Finalist Unsettled Ground is both the gripping adventure story of a cross-continental journey and a cultural exploration of the. The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Fuller, Claire. Inside the walls of their old cottage they make music, and in the garden they grow (and sometimes kill) everything they need for sustenance.īut when Dot dies suddenly, threats to their livelihood start raining down. Claire Fuller is the author of Unsettled Ground (2021), winner of the Costa Novel Award and shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, Bitter Orange (2018), Swimming Lessons (2017), which was shortlisted for the Encore Prize for second novels, and Our Endless Numbered Days (2015) which won the Desmond Elliott Prize for debut fiction. At 51 years old, they still live with their mother, Dot, in rural isolation and poverty. 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. So sharply, so utterly brilliant that I found myself holding my breath while reading it, dazzled by Fuller's mastery and precision' LAUREN GROFF, author of Fates and Furies 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.Unsettled Ground, Claire Fuller ( Paperback Jan 2022) £8.99 Unsettled Ground is a powerful novel of betrayal and resilience, love and survival. Jeanie and Julius would do anything to preserve their small sanctuary against the perils of the outside world, even as their mothers secrets begin to unravel, putting everything they thought they knew about their lives at stake. Claire Fuller is the author of Unsettled Ground (2021), winner of the Costa Novel Award and shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, Bitter Orange (2018), Swimming Lessons (2017), which was shortlisted for the Encore Prize for second novels, and Our Endless Numbered Days (2015) which won the Desmond Elliott Prize for debut fiction. Inside the walls of their old cottage they make music, and in the garden they grow (and sometimes kill) everything they need for sustenance.īut when Dot dies suddenly, threats to their livelihood start raining down. Twins Jeanie and Julius have always been different from other people. When you live on the edge of society, it only takes one step to fall between the cracks

a powerful, beautiful novel that shows us our land as it really is: a place of shelter and cruelty, innocence and experience THE TIMES

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