Our Endless Numbered Days
Feb 2015 · Penguin UK
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WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE
FROM THE COSTA AWARD-WINNING, WOMEN’S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF UNSETTLED GROUND
Every parent lies. But some lies are bigger than others...
In the summer of 1976 eight-year-old Peggy Hillcoat is taken from London by her survivalist father to live in a cabin in a remote European forest. When they arrive he tells Peggy that her mother and the rest of the world are gone.
Now the two of them must scratch a living from the earth: trapping squirrels, foraging for berries, surviving winter as best they can. But it is easy to lose you way in the forest, to lose yourself. How long will Peggy trust her father's story? How long can you stay sane when the world is lost? And what happens when you stop believing in everything?
‘Extraordinary’ The Sunday Times
‘Remarkable’ Penelope Lively
‘Haunting, suspenseful ... As warped and sinister as any Brothers Grimm fairytale’ Metro
‘A rivetingly dark tale ... Spellbinding’ Sunday Express
FROM THE COSTA AWARD-WINNING, WOMEN’S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF UNSETTLED GROUND
Every parent lies. But some lies are bigger than others...
In the summer of 1976 eight-year-old Peggy Hillcoat is taken from London by her survivalist father to live in a cabin in a remote European forest. When they arrive he tells Peggy that her mother and the rest of the world are gone.
Now the two of them must scratch a living from the earth: trapping squirrels, foraging for berries, surviving winter as best they can. But it is easy to lose you way in the forest, to lose yourself. How long will Peggy trust her father's story? How long can you stay sane when the world is lost? And what happens when you stop believing in everything?
‘Extraordinary’ The Sunday Times
‘Remarkable’ Penelope Lively
‘Haunting, suspenseful ... As warped and sinister as any Brothers Grimm fairytale’ Metro
‘A rivetingly dark tale ... Spellbinding’ Sunday Express
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4.4
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February 3, 2018
I don't often sit down and read a whole book, But this book..I couldn't stop reading, I've never been so stuck inside a book before. Every page drawn me in and left me wanting to read more, I loved everything about it, I love the hidden secrets and the shocking cliff hanging ending. Such a brilliant book!
Abby Fairbrother
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January 1, 2016
Really enjoyed the book and read in one day.
About the author
Claire Fuller was born in Oxfordshire, England, in 1967. She gained a degree in sculpture from Winchester School of Art, but went on to have a long career in marketing and didn't start writing until she was forty. Swimming Lessons is her second novel. Her first novel, Our Endless Numbered Days, won the Desmond Elliott Prize. She has an MA in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of Winchester and lives in Hampshire with her husband and two children.
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