Hunger and Thirst

<p><b>FROM THE COSTA AWARD-WINNING, WOMEN S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF <i>UNSETTLED GROUND</i><br><br>'An absolute masterpiece. Utterly absorbing, genuinely unsettling' </b><b>JENNIE GODFREY, author of <i>The List of Suspicious Things</i></b><br><br><i><b>'</b></i><b>Atmospheric, psychologically vivid, and unputdownable' ALICE WINN, author of <i>In Memoriam</i></b><br><br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>From critically acclaimed and award-winning author, Claire Fuller, <i>Hunger and Thirst</i> 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.<br><br><b>'Unremittingly unsettling, propulsive and tense. Fuller excels</b> <b>at depicting outsiders, and writes with such precision and economy. Truly terrifying' Sarah Vaughan<br><br>'Addictive, disturbing and suspenseful.</b> <b>It</b> <b>reminded me of Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine at her most vivid.</b> <b>Ursula</b> <b>is a rare creation' Amanda Craig</b></p>