Follow Me To Ground av Sue Rainsford

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<p><b>''A tangled, gnarled, wonderfully original, strange, beautiful beast of a book'' <br></b><b>DAISY JOHNSON, author of <i>Everything Under</i><br><br></b><b>''Beautiful and terrifying'' <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i><br></b><br><b>''Seethingly assured debut fuses magical realism with critical and feminist theory'' <i>GUARDIAN</i></b><br><br>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. <br><br>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.<br><br><b>A poised a