{"product_id":"follow-me-to-ground-1","title":"Sue Rainsford: Follow Me To Ground [2019] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A tangled, gnarled, wonderfully original, strange, beautiful beast of a book' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAISY JOHNSON, author of \u003ci\u003eEverything Under\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beautiful and terrifying' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Seethingly assured debut fuses magical realism with critical and feminist theory' \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn house in a wood, Ada and her father live peacefully, tending to their garden and the wildlife in it.  They are not human though. Ada was made by her father from the Ground, a unique patch of earth with birthing and healing properties. Though perhaps he didn't get her quite right. They spend their days healing the local human folk - named Cures - who visit them, suspiciously, with their ailments. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Ada embarks on a relationship with a local Cure named Samson, and is forced to choose between her old life with her father, and a new one with her human lover. Her decision will uproot the town - and the Ground itself - for ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poised and simmering tour-de-force, FOLLOW ME TO GROUND is a sinister vision of desire and freewill, voiced in earthy prose and eviscerating detail by an astoundingly original new writer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Equal parts beauty and horror, and unlike anything you will read this year'  TEA OBREHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fierce, palpable, hynoptic. A dazzling, troubling dream' COLIN BARRETT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A writer to watch' \u003ci\u003eMETRO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003en astonishing debut heralding the career of an exciting new writer. Strange, lyrical, and arresting, this novel will draw readers into its extraordinary spell.' \u003ci\u003eKIRKUS \u003c\/i\u003estarred review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rainsford, Sue","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47848172978515,"sku":"XV80857526779","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/rainsford-sue-follow-me-to-ground-xv80857526779-55035803500883.jpg?v=1727382008","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/follow-me-to-ground-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}