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UNSETTLED GROUND - CLAIRE FULLER KARTONIERT (TB)

WINNER OF THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2021  SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2021    '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 
__________________________________________________________________________    When you live on
the edge of society  it only takes one step to fall between the cracks   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 powerful 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.   ____________________________________________________________________    'The
way she writes (with empathy but never sentimentality) moves my heart' ELIZABETH DAY  author of
Magpie   'A relevant and powerful exploration of isolation and life on the fringes of society'
CLARE MACKINTOSH  author of Hostage   'An atmospheric thriller that's both heartbreaking and
heartwarming' RED

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