Unsettled Ground (Paperback)
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Unsettled Ground (Paperback)

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Paperback 304 Pages
Published: 06/01/2022
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Waterstones Says

In sharp yet sumptuous prose, Fuller paints a stunning portrait of two middle-aged twins whose carefully cultivated existence on the fringes of society begins to unravel following the death of their mother.

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 Ltd
ISBN: 9780241457467
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 219 g
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 18 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

Her strongest yet... a powerful, beautiful novel that shows us our land as it really is: a place of shelter and cruelty, innocence and experience - The Times

Dark, brilliantly observed and ultimately a tale of love winning the day. - The Sunday Telegraph

An intriguing, moving novel that will make you question assumptions you have about modern life - Tracy Chevalier, author of 'A Single Thread'

Superb...deservedly longlisted for this year's Women's Prize for Fiction - Daily Mail

A moving portrait of a family struggling against time. This book is ultimately about redemption-about the unexpected importance of neighbours, lovers, and friends, and the ways in which we can re-envision our lives for the better - Lucy Tan, author of What We Were Promised

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'

With sensitivity and intelligence, Fuller unpicks the relentless complexity of the modern world - The Guardian

'The way she writes (with empathy but never sentimentality) moves my heart' - Elizabeth Day, author of Magpie

Fuller is excellent at description, and capturing the twins' awkward interactions with the world. The fate of the illiterate and weak-hearted Jeanie once she loses everything that is safe is particularly unsettling - The Sunday Times

It's merciless in its observation of casual cruelty and merciful in its observation of casual kindness and family love - Richard Curtis

Unsettled Ground is another sly psychological treat from Claire Fuller, who just keeps on getting better with each book - Laline Paull

These memorable characters will worm their way into your head and heart and the descriptions of the landscape are beautiful. - Jo Finney, Good Housekeeping

An atmospheric thriller that's both heartbreaking and heartwarming - Red

Tender, unusual... these memorable characters will work their way into your head and your heart - Good Housekeeping

Fuller's prose is darkly elegant, her eye for character astute and humane, and her sense of place vividly atmospheric -- here is a writer of great skill, sensitivity and subtlety - Lucy Atkins, author of Magpie Lane

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, author of Hostage

Unsettled Ground shares with Fuller's previous works themes of closely guarded family secrets and homes built upon shaky foundations - Financial Times

This literary thriller is as moving and poignant as it is compelling - Express

These memorable characters will worm their way into your head and heart the descriptions of the landscape are beautiful - Good Housekeeping

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“Amazing!”

Unsettled Ground is one of my favourite books this year. I absolutely loved it. The story of 51 year old twins Jeanie and Julius broke my heart. I wanted to look after them and give Jeanie a big hug. Claire Fullers... More

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“Review of Unsettled Ground”

There is so much to admire in Claire Fuller's latest novel, it's hard to know where to start. ''Unsettled Ground' is the story of 51 year old twins, Julius and Jeanie, who live an isolated,... More

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“A beautiful an disturbing book”

How does a 51 year old cope when they begin to gradually discover that all the truths they had held for a lifetime are not what they seemed? Twins Jeanie and Julius are left to discover the answer to that when their... More

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