Unsettled Ground

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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 *