author of Magpie A relevant and powerful exploration of isolation and life on the fringes of society CLARE MACKINTOSH.
In 2021, this book won the Costa Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize. Unsettled Ground is a powerful novel of betrayal and resilience, love and survival. What did you think about the ending? Was it a relief or did it seem too good to be true? What role does music play in Jeanie and Julius’ family? How did the revelations affect how you felt about Dot and her relationship with the twins? If Jeanie hadn’t lived her life under the shadow of Dot’s lie, how different do you think her life might have been? What might have been possible for Jeanie if Dot hadn’t lied? What did you think about the way poverty is dealt with in the novel and how did the novel encourage you to explore how humanity deals with people who live on the edge of society? How did the behaviour of the other characters affect how you felt about Jeanie and Julius?
Why hasn’t Julius succeeded in having a relationship with a woman? What were your thoughts about the relationship between Jeanie and Julius and how it changed and developed over the course of the novel? The cottage and garden play such a central role within the novel, did you see it as refuge or prison or perhaps both?
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