{"product_id":"28th-october-7-30pm-claire-fuller-and-roisin-lanigan-in-conversation-with-clare-chambers","title":"28th October, 7.30pm - Claire Fuller and Róisín Lanigan in conversation with Clare Chambers","description":"\u003cheader class=\"card__header card__header--tight\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collection__header\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collection__header-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte\"\u003e\n\u003cheader class=\"card__header card__header--tight\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collection__header\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collection__header-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlease note event tickets are neither exchangeable nor refundable. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWednesday 28th October, 7.30pm event start (7pm doors)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBackstory, 71 Balham High Rd, SW12 9AP\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWith unsettling buildings, social issues and 'modern ghosts' in common, authors Claire Fuller and Róisín Lanigan are joining Clare Chambers (\u003cem\u003eShy Creatures, Small Pleasures \u003c\/em\u003eand more) to discuss their respective recent novels, \u003cem\u003eHunger \u0026amp; Thirst \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eI Want To Go Home But I'm Already There.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the books:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHunger \u0026amp; Thirst\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter a childhood trauma and years in and out of the care system, sixteen-year-old Ursula finds herself with a new job in the postroom of a local art school, a bed in a halfway house, and—delightfully— some new friends, including wild-child, Sue. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Ursula is invited to join a squat at The Underwood, a mysterious house whose owners met a terrible end, she can’t resist the promise of a readymade, hodgepodge family.  But as Sue’s behaviour 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. It's a decision that will haunt her for decades. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\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 who is digging into an unsolved disappearance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI Want To Go Home But I'm Already There\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRenting is a nightmare... Áine should be feeling happy with her life. She’s just moved in with Elliot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir new flat is in an affluent neighbourhood, surrounded by bakeries, yoga studios and organic vegetable shops. They even have a garden. And yet, from the moment they move in, Áine can't shake the sense that there's something not quite right about the place...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's not just the humourless estate agent and nameless landlord: it's the chill that seeps through the draughty windows; the damp spreading from the cellar door; the way the organic fruit and veg never lasts as long as it should. And most of all, it's the upstairs neighbours, whose very presence makes peaceful coexistence very difficult indeed. The longer Áine spends inside the flat - pretending to work from home; dissecting messages from the friends whose lives seem to have moved on without her - the less it feels like home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd as Áine fixates on the cracks in the ceiling, it becomes harder to ignore the cracks in her relationship with Elliott... Brilliantly observed and darkly funny, I Want to Go Home But I’m Already There is a ghost story set in the rental crisis. 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