Soldier Sailor

AS HEARD ON FRONT ROW, A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN AND FT `SUMMER READ` `My favourite book I`ve read this year` PANDORA SYKES `Intense, furious, moving and often extremely funny` DAVID NICHOLLS `Astonishing` Stephanie Merritt, Observer `Very, very funny` PAUL MURRAY In one of the most acclaimed novels of the year, her first in over a decade, Claire Kilroy takes us deep into the mind of her unforgettable heroine. Exploring the clash of fierce love for a new life with a seismic change in identity, she vividly realises the tumultuous emotions of a new mother. As her marriage strains and she struggles with questions of love, autonomy creativity and the passing of time, an old friend makes a welcome return - but can he really offer a lifeline to the woman she used to be? Readers adore Soldier Sailor: ***** `About as perfect a piece of writing as you`ll find.` ***** `Unbearably tense and frequently hilarious.` ***** `An entirely different voltage to anything I`ve read ... she somehow manages to verbalise *exactly* the feelings and thoughts I, certainly, had at points when I was a young mother` ***** `This story touched me on such a visceral level.` ***** `I was held captive by this novel ... an utterly absorbing depiction of motherhood` ***** `I loved this book. Any woman, with or without children, will see themselves mirrored in this narrative` ***** `An excellent, interesting and rather unforgettable creation.`