
This tale offers a remarkable peek into how the embrace of family can completely smother other aspects of life.


paints a devastatingly haunting picture of abject poverty, especially in her descriptions of the houses they dwell in, each of which becomes a character in its own right. Writing for Booklist, Poornima Apte wrote, "Fuller. Unsettled Ground received starred reviews from Library Journal and Booklist, as well as positive reviews from Publishers Weekly, NPR, Los Angeles Times, The Times Literary Supplement, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and Shelf Awareness. Unsettled Ground is a novel by Claire Fuller, published by Tin House Books.
