Soldier Sailor

'One of the finest novels published this year' The Sunday Times

by Claire Kilroy

This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.

Buy on Amazon Buy on BN.com Buy on Bookshop.org

*This page contains affiliate links, so we may earn a small commission when you make a purchase through links on our site at no additional cost to you.

Pub Date May 04 2023 | Archive Date Apr 17 2023

Faber and Faber Ltd | Faber & Faber

General Fiction (Adult) | Literary Fiction

Talking about this book? Use #SoldierSailor #NetGalley. More hashtag tips!

Description

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, an old friend makes a welcome return, but can he really offer a lifeline to the woman she used to be?

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...

Advance Praise

'Breathtaking . . . terrifyingly well-observed and articulated, often extremely funny, and there is a pleasure to be found even in the skewering precision of its despair.'

Lucy Caldwell

‘Kilroy packs a stunning worldly wisdom into her beautiful prose.’

Barbara Kingsolver

'Every woman on earth will identify with this book. Every man will learn something urgent to his betterment. It sings with great authority about the wretched entrapment and molecular joy of motherhood, doing for Irish prose what Eavan Boland did for poetry. A radiant and fearless work of universal import.'

Sebastian Barry

'Soldier Sailor is a welcome return by Claire Kilroy, her first novel in 10 years. It captures the raw, tumultuous emotions of a new mother as her marriage suffers and she struggles with questions of love, autonomy and creativity.'

Irish Times

'Breathtaking . . . terrifyingly well-observed and articulated, often extremely funny, and there is a pleasure to be found even in the skewering precision of its despair.'

Lucy Caldwell

‘Kilroy packs...