{"product_id":"unsettled-ground-isbn-9781951142483","title":"Unsettled Ground","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2021 Costa Novel Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the Women's Prize in Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Month by \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly,\u003c\/i\u003e PopSugar, Bustle, \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, PureWow, a Best Book of Summer by Daily Beast and a \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Full of dramatic twists and turns right up until its moving, beautiful end.” ―NPR Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt fifty-one years old, twins Jeanie and Julius still live with their mother, Dot, in rural isolation in the English countryside. The cottage they have shared their entire lives is their only protection against the modernizing world around them. Inside its walls, they make music, and in its garden, they grow everything they need to survive. To an outsider, it looks like poverty; to them, it is home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when Dot dies unexpectedly, the world they’ve so carefully created begins to fall apart. The cottage they love, and the security it offered, is taken back by their landlord, exposing the twins to harsh truths and even harsher realities. Seeing a new future, Julius becomes torn between the loyalty he feels towards his sister and his desire for independence, while Jeanie struggles to find work and a home for them both. And just when it seems there might be a way forward, a series of startling secrets from their mother’s past come to the surface, forcing the twins to question who they are, and everything they know of their family’s history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eUnsettled Ground\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning author Claire Fuller masterfully builds a tale of sacrifice and hope, of homelessness and hardship, of love and survival, in which two marginalized and remarkable people uncover long-held family secrets and, in their own way, repair, recover, and begin again.\"Timeless. . . . [a] shadowy family saga, which is marked by illicit love, violence and blood debts.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Engrossing.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A simple but powerful story of rural poverty, sibling relationships and, perhaps above all, resilience.\"—\u003cb\u003ePureWow\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Powerful. . . . fascinating.\"—\u003cb\u003eBookRiot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A quiet tale of loss and survival.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Transfixing.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A winner.\"—\u003cb\u003eThe Center for Fiction, Bookstore Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An unnerving and emotional novel of family secrets, vulnerability and resilience.\"—\u003cb\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rapturous.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe San Diego Union Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One mystery after another arises and two siblings who have been left behind by the modern world face changes both gentle and profound.\"—\u003cb\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A darkly poignant novel about an unusual family.\"—\u003cb\u003eTexas Public Radio\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Revelatory. . . . a powerful, beautiful novel.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e(UK)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fuller explores the painful realities of poverty and social isolation with immense sensitivity in this multilayered and emotionally astute novel.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An intriguing premise made more so by the paucity of novels featuring vulnerable older adults.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Superb.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If you’re a reader who lives for contemplative storytelling and perfectly wrought characters, this author is for you.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ambitious.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A page-turner. . . . reflecting the humble beauty of country life in every page, \u003ci\u003eUnsettled Ground\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to a wide array of readers.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An intriguing, moving novel that will make you question assumptions you have about modern life.\"—\u003cb\u003eTracy Chevalier\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A gorgeously written and moving portrait of a family struggling against time.\"—\u003cb\u003eLucy Tan, author of \u003ci\u003eWhat We Were Promised\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Another sly psychological treat from Claire Fuller, who just keeps on getting better with each book.\"—\u003cb\u003eLaline Paull, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"—\u003cb\u003eLucy Atkins, author of \u003ci\u003eMagpie Lane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"—\u003cb\u003eClare Mackintosh, author of \u003ci\u003eAfter the End\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fuller has created a propulsive story that readers can’t help but get caught up in.\"—\u003cb\u003eNecessary Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wonderful. \u003ci\u003eUnsettled Ground\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully constructed book with interesting characters, and I’m convinced I won’t read a better one this year.\" —\u003cb\u003eRon Rash, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Suffused with gorgeous little details.\"—\u003cb\u003eFeminist Book Club\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fascinating.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Star\u003c\/i\u003e (Canada)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Fuller's] absorbing novel unsettles us with its fine evocation of life’s fragility while grounding us in the healing powers of love, loyalty and nature’s bounty.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent 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