Unsettled Ground

Praise

• Timeless. . . . [a] shadowy family saga, which is marked by illicit love, violence and blood debts.

  —The Wall Street Journal

• Engrossing.

  —Entertainment Weekly

• A simple but powerful story of rural poverty, sibling relationships and, perhaps above all, resilience.

  —PureWow

• Powerful. . . . fascinating.

  —BookRiot

• A quiet tale of loss and survival.

  —Good Housekeeping

• Transfixing.

  —Chicago Review of Books

• An unnerving and emotional novel of family secrets, vulnerability and resilience.

  —Shelf Awareness

• A winner.

  —The Center for Fiction

• Rapturous.

  —The San Diego Union Tribune

• One mystery after another arises and two siblings who have been left behind by the modern world face changes both gentle and profound.

  —The Daily Beast

• A darkly poignant novel about an unusual family.

  —Texas Public Radio

• Revelatory. . . .  a powerful, beautiful novel.

  —The Times (UK)

• Fuller explores the painful realities of poverty and social isolation with immense sensitivity in this multilayered and emotionally astute novel.

  —The Guardian

• An intriguing premise made more so by the paucity of novels featuring vulnerable older adults.

  —Financial Times

• Superb.

  —Daily Mail

• If you’re a reader who lives for contemplative storytelling and perfectly wrought characters, this author is for you.

  —BookPage

• Ambitious.

  —The TLS

• A page-turner. . . . reflecting the humble beauty of country life in every page, Unsettled Ground will appeal to a wide array of readers.

  —Harvard Review

• An intriguing, moving novel that will make you question assumptions you have about modern life.

  —Tracy Chevalier

• A book like Unsettled Ground is why we read. . . . Written with tenderness and beauty, Unsettled Ground is not to be missed.

  —Sherri Gallentine, Vroman’s Bookstore, BuzzFeed Best Books of Spring as Recommended by Booksellers

• A gorgeously written and moving portrait of a family struggling against time.

  —Lucy Tan, author of What We Were Promised

• Another sly psychological treat from Claire Fuller, who just keeps on getting better with each book.

  —Laline Paull, author of The Ice

• 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 After the End

• Fuller has created a propulsive story that readers can’t help but get caught up in.

  —Necessary Fiction

• Prepare for an experience of the English countryside that’s somewhat at
  odds with its typically idyllic depiction. . . . As the title suggests,
  at each turn there’s something new and unexpected.

  —Bookmarks

• Wonderful. Unsettled Ground is a beautifully constructed book with interesting characters, and I’m convinced I won’t read a better one this year.

  —Ron Rash, The Boston Globe

• Suffused with gorgeous little details.

  —Feminist Book Club

• Fascinating.

  —The Star (Canada)

• [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.

  —Independent (IRE)

• A story full of secrets in which nothing is quite as it seems.

  —New Books Network Podcast

• Beautiful and intriguing.

  —Across the Pond Podcast

• Devastatingly haunting.

  —Booklist, Starred Review

• Evocative. . . . Fuller builds suspense over the twins’ fate and ends with a brilliant twist.

  —Publishers Weekly

• You’ll find yourself desperately rooting for Julius and Jeannie.

  —The Weekly Reader

• Fuller is a master of building suspense. . . . At once unsettling and hopeful, her book checks all the boxes of an engrossing mystery.

  —Kirkus Reviews