{"product_id":"hunger-thirst","title":"Hunger and Thirst","description":"\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\u003e 1987: 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\u003e But 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\u003e Thirty-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\u003e From 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","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Hunger \u0026 Thirst","offer_id":46242750464197,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-241-75739-0.jpg?v=1779170992","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/hunger-thirst","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}