Soldier Sailor: A Novel

By: Claire Kilroy

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Synopsis: FINALIST for the WOMEN&’S PRIZE for FICTION * One of Vogue&’s Best Books of the Year Award-winning author Claire Kilroy&’s &“lyrical and incisive&” (The New York Times Book Review) novel that reads with the pace of a thriller and is filled with astute and witty observations of life with a young child.Soldier Sailor takes readers deep inside the early days of motherhood. Exploring the clash of fierce love with a seismic shift in identity, Claire Kilroy conjures the raw, tumultuous emotions of a new mother, as her marriage strains and she struggles with questions of equality, autonomy, and creativity. Soldier Sailor is a tale of boundless love and relentless battle, a bedtime story to a son, Sailor, recounting their early years together. Spending her days in baby groups, playgrounds, and supermarkets, Soldier doesn&’t know who she is anymore. She hardly sees her husband, who has taken to working late most nights. A chance encounter with a former colleague feels like a lifeline to the person she used to be but can hardly remember. Tender and harrowing, Kilroy&’s modern masterpiece &“hums with poetry, insight, and humor...full of truths so sharp and beautiful readers will need to take a breath&” (Booklist, starred review).