{"product_id":"hunger-and-thirst-claire-fuller","title":"Hunger and Thirst (Claire Fuller)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE COSTA AWARD-WINNING, WOMEN'S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eUNSETTLED GROUND\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An absolute masterpiece. Utterly absorbing, genuinely unsettling' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJENNIE GODFREY, author of \u003ci\u003eThe List of Suspicious Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAtmospheric, psychologically vivid, and unputdownable' ALICE WINN, author of \u003ci\u003eIn Memoriam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1987: After a childhood trauma and years in and out of the care system, sixteen-year-old Ursula finds herself with a new job in the postroom of a local art school, a bed in a halfway house, and-delightfully- some new friends, including wild-child, Sue. When Ursula is invited to join a squat at The Underwood, a mysterious house whose owners met a terrible end, she can't resist the promise of a readymade, hodgepodge family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as Sue's behaviour and demands become more extreme, Ursula who has always been hungry-for food-and more importantly for love, acceptance and belonging, carries out her friend's terrible dare. It's a decision that will haunt her for decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThirty-six years later, Ursula is a renowned, reclusive sculptor living under a pseudonym in London when her identity is exposed by true-crime documentary-maker who is digging into an unsolved disappearance. But it is not only the filmmaker who has discovered Ursula's whereabouts, and as her past catches up with her present, Ursula must work out whether the monsters are within her or without.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom critically acclaimed and award-winning author, Claire Fuller, \u003ci\u003eHunger and Thirst\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling and chilling tale of loneliness and female friendship, of the dangerous line between wanting and needing, and of how far a person will go to truly belong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Unremittingly unsettling, propulsive and tense. Fuller excels\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eat depicting outsiders, and writes with such precision and economy. Truly terrifying' Sarah Vaughan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Addictive, disturbing and suspenseful.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eIt\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ereminded me of Ruth Rendell\/Barbara Vine at her most vivid.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eUrsula\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eis a rare creation' Amanda Craig\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eClaire Fuller\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Oxfordshire, England, in 1967. She gained a degree in sculpture from Winchester School of Art, but went on to have a long career in marketing and didn't start writing until she was forty. She has written five previous novels including: \u003ci\u003eUnsettled Ground\u003c\/i\u003e, which in 2021 won the Costa Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, \u003ci\u003eOur Endless Numbered Days\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Desmond Elliott Prize, \u003ci\u003eSwimming Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the RSL Encore Award. She has an MA in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of Winchester and lives in Hampshire with her husband.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Trade paperback (UK), Englisch, 320 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65815816175965,"sku":"K010046312","price":16.6,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/1004631200001A.jpg?v=1788580298","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/hunger-and-thirst-claire-fuller","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}