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FOLLOW ME TO GROUND - SUE RAINSFORD KARTONIERT ...

'A tangled  gnarled  wonderfully original  strange  beautiful beast of a book' DAISY JOHNSON 
author of Everything Under 'Beautiful and terrifying' SUNDAY TIMES 'Seethingly assured debut
fuses magical realism with critical and feminist theory' GUARDIAN In house in a wood  Ada and
her father live peacefully  tending to their garden and the wildlife in it. They are not human
though. Ada was made by her father from the Ground  a unique patch of earth with birthing and
healing properties. Though perhaps he didn't get her quite right. They spend their days healing
the local human folk - named Cures - who visit them  suspiciously  with their ailments. When
Ada embarks on a relationship with a local Cure named Samson  and is forced to choose between
her old life with her father  and a new one with her human lover. Her decision will uproot the
town - and the Ground itself - for ever. A poised and simmering tour-de-force  FOLLOW ME TO
GROUND is a sinister vision of desire and freewill  voiced in earthy prose and eviscerating
detail by an astoundingly original new writer. 'Equal parts beauty and horror  and unlike
anything you will read this year' TEA OBREHT 'Fierce  palpable  hynoptic. A dazzling  troubling
dream' COLIN BARRETT 'A writer to watch' METRO 'An astonishing debut heralding the career of an
exciting new writer. Strange  lyrical  and arresting  this novel will draw readers into its
extraordinary spell.' KIRKUS starred review LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 2019

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