- Published: 1 March 2022
- ISBN: 9780241457467
- Imprint: Fig Tree
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 304
- RRP: $24.00
Unsettled Ground
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021
- Published: 1 March 2022
- ISBN: 9780241457467
- Imprint: Fig Tree
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 304
- RRP: $24.00
Bewitching, otherworldly, full of dark foreboding. Claire Fuller is a dazzling storyteller
Scotsman, on Bitter Orange
I had to keep reminding myself that I wasn't reading a forgotten classic
Emma Healey on Bitter Orange
Thrilling, transporting, delicately realised and held together by a sophisticated sense of suspense
Sunday Times on Swimming Lessons
A story suffused with the poignancy of miscommunication between people who love each other, of the things we can never really know
Guardian on Swimming Lessons
Extraordinary, gripping. Fuller writes with a singing simplicity that finds beauty amid the terror
The Sunday Times on Our Endless Numbered Days
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'
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
Unsettled Ground is another sly psychological treat from Claire Fuller, who just keeps on getting better with each book
Laline Paull
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
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
Superb...deservedly longlisted for this year's Women's Prize for Fiction
Daily Mail
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
Unsettled Ground shares with Fuller's previous works themes of closely guarded family secrets and homes built upon shaky foundations
Financial Times
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
With sensitivity and intelligence, Fuller unpicks the relentless complexity of the modern world
The Guardian
It's merciless in its observation of casual cruelty and merciful in its observation of casual kindness and family love
Richard Curtis
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'