In brief: Unsettled Ground; Genesis; Inferno – reviews
by Hannah Beckerman from Science | The Guardian on (#5FWJN)
Twins unravel their family history when their mother dies; myths, science and the origins of the universe; and a harrowing account of postpartum psychosis
Claire Fuller
Fig Tree, 14.99, pp304
Fifty-one-year-old twins Julius and Jeanie still live with their mother, Dot, in a ramshackle rural cottage. Their father died years earlier in a tractor accident for which the twins blame local landowner Spencer Rawson. When Dot dies, they begin to unravel their family history as they struggle to lead independent lives. Fuller explores the painful realities of poverty and social isolation with immense sensitivity in this multilayered and emotionally astute novel.