{"product_id":"hunger-and-thirst-9781963108729","title":"Hunger and Thirst","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eBitter Orange\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSwimming Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e comes an \"atmospheric, psychologically vivid, and unputdownable\" new novel of complicated friendship and the desperate need to belong (Alice Winn). \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 1987: After a childhood trauma and years in and out of the care system, sixteen-year-old Ursula finds herself with a new job delivering mail at a local art school, a bed in a halfway house, and 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 this hodgepodge family. But as Sue's behavior and demands become more extreme, Ursula, who has always been hungry--for food, but more importantly for love and acceptance--carries out her friend's terrible dare. And, for this, Ursula finds herself literally haunted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirty-six years later, Ursula is a renowned but reclusive sculptor living under a pseudonym in London when her identity is exposed by a true-crime documentarian researching an unsolved disappearance. But the filmmaker is not the only one 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--and if they will finally make her pay for her past mistakes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart gothic horror, part coming-of-age, and a with contemporary twist on the haunted-house story, \u003ci\u003eHunger and Thirst\u003c\/i\u003e is a chilling tale of loneliness, of the dangerous line between wanting and needing, and of how far a person will go to truly belong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claire Fuller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tin House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.82h x 5.78w x 1.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781963108729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaire Fuller is the author of \u003ci\u003eOur Endless Numbered Days\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Desmond Elliott Prize; \u003ci\u003eSwimming Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBitter Orange\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eUnsettled Ground\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Costa Novel Award and was a finalist for the Women's Prize for Fiction; and \u003ci\u003eThe Memory of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e. She has an MA in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of Winchester and lives in Hampshire with her husband.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Claire Fuller \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48397154091165,"sku":"9781963108729","price":33.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_4dc9f978-3233-46a8-b3e9-d6b779eed13e.jpg?v=1781074414","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/hunger-and-thirst-9781963108729","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}