A review by seawarrior
Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller

mysterious sad medium-paced

5.0

Unsettled Ground is a beautifully written book about two middle-aged siblings coming to terms with the fragile falsehoods their stagnant life has been dependent on. Additionally, it's a story about a subborn and immature woman taking responsibility for her life and wrangling the means to survive despite immense unfairness and lack of knowledge. I appreciated that while each of the characters does terrible things to one another throughout the course of the novel, Fuller writes them with enough depth to comprehend the choices they've made, even though it may feel wrong to forgive them. From the outside this story may not seem very engaging, but I devoured it and was glued to every page. Fuller has earned her place as one of my favorite writers and I would definitely reccomend this book to other realistic fiction readers. 
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