''A tangled, gnarled, wonderfully original, strange, beautiful beast of a book''
DAISY JOHNSON, author of Everything Under
''Beautiful and terrifying'' SUNDAY TIMES
''Seethingly assured debut fuses magical realism with critical and feminist theory'' GUARDIAN
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, suspiciously, with their ailments.
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.
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