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Follow Me To Ground

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ISBN: 9780857526779
AuthorRainsford, Sue
Pub Date08/08/2019
BindingHardback
Pages208
CountryGBR
Dewey823.92
Quick overview LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 2019'Evocative and eviscerating yet mesmerizing' Irish IndependentIn house in a wood, Ada and her father live peacefully, tending to their garden and the wildlife in it. They spend their days healing the local human folk - named Cures - who visit them, guardedly, with their ailments.
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LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 2019

'Evocative and eviscerating yet mesmerizing' Irish Independent

In 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, guardedly, with their ailments.

This is the story of what happens when 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.

A 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.

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LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 2019

'Evocative and eviscerating yet mesmerizing' Irish Independent

In 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, guardedly, with their ailments.

This is the story of what happens when 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.

A 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.

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