Soldier Sailor
'Intense, furious, moving and often extremely funny.' DAVID NICHOLLS
By Claire Kilroy
Harry Hartog's review
Soldier Sailor may just be the best book I’ve read so far this year. Claire Kilroy is unflinching in her portrayal of the early days, weeks, months, years, of motherhood, and the unique and world-altering challenges it throws. The narrative monologue of this book is so beautifully poetic - truly some of the most evocative, gorgeous writing I’ve ever read, while simultaneously being intensely claustrophobic and isolating in the way that days of infancy often are for mothers. Perhaps it’s mildly spoilery, but I think it’s also worth mentioning that while this book isn’t always an easy read, it has a happy ending, so you don’t need to be too weary of it. - Georgia, Harry Hartog Warringah
Description
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024
A resonant and provocative novel about motherhood from the prize-winning author of The Devil I Know and Tenderwire
'Compelling . . This is a scorching read. I could not put it down.' - ANNE ENRIGHT '
Soldier Sailor is the most uncompromising, provocative novel I've read in quite some time. . . As honest as fiction gets.' - JOHN BOYNE
'A blistering account of that twilit zone of early motherhood.' - JANE FEAVER
Well,Sailor. Here we are once more, you and me in one another's arms. The Earth rotates beneath us and all is well, for now.
In her first novel for over a decade, Claire Kilroy takes us deep into the early days of motherhood. Exploring the clash of fierce love for a new life with a seismic change in identity, she vividly realises the raw, tumultuous emotions of a new mother, as her marriage strains and she struggles with questions of love, autonomy and creativity. As she smiles at her baby, Sailor, while mentally composing her own suicide note, an old friend makes a welcome return, but can he really offer a lifeline to the woman she used to be?
- ISBN:
- 9780571375561
- Format:
- Paperback / softback
- Pages:
- 256
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Faber & Faber
- Imprint:
- Faber & Faber
- Weight:
- 322 g