{"product_id":"hunger-and-thirst-claire-fuller-9781963108729","title":"Hunger and Thirst","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eBitter Orange\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Swimming Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e comes an eerie and captivating new novel of complicated friendship and the desperate, sometimes disastrous need to belong.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1987: 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--delightfully-- 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--and more importantly for love, acceptance and belonging, 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, reclusive sculptor living under a pseudonym in London when her identity is exposed by true-crime documentary-maker, Emma Zahini who is digging into an unsolved disappearance. But it is not only the filmmaker 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom critically acclaimed and award-winning author, Claire Fuller, \u003ci\u003eHunger and Thirst\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling and chilling tale of loneliness and female friendship, 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\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1963108728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781963108729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tin House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Claire Fuller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425670709503,"sku":"9781963108729","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_868d4fcf-5be8-4341-8fe5-89a6cad42db9.jpg?v=1761540816","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hunger-and-thirst-claire-fuller-9781963108729","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}