{"product_id":"soldier-sailor-claire-kilroy","title":"Soldier Sailor (Claire Kilroy)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e**AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA resonant and provocative novel about motherhood from the prize-winning author of The Devil I Know and Tenderwire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A radiant and fearless work of universal import.'\u003cbr\u003eSEBASTIAN BARRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Compelling . . This is a scorching read. I could not put it down.' \u003cbr\u003eANNE ENRIGHT \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWell, 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. . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders adore Soldier Sailor:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***** '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'\u003cbr\u003e***** 'This story touched me on such a visceral level.'\u003cbr\u003e***** 'I was held captive by this novel. . . an utterly absorbing depiction of motherhood'\u003cbr\u003e***** 'I loved this book. Any woman, with or without children, will see themselves mirrored in this narrative'\u003cbr\u003e***** 'An excellent, interesting and rather unforgettable creation.'\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eClaire Kilroy's debut novel All Summer was described in The Times as 'compelling ... a thriller, a confession and a love story framed by a meditation on the arts', and was awarded the 2004 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Her second novel, Tenderwire was shortlisted for the 2007 Irish Novel of the Year and the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award. It was followed, in 2009, by the highly acclaimed novel, All Names Have Been Changed. Educated at Trinity College, she lives in Dublin.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 256 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63613884465501,"sku":"K096708702","price":13.7,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/242773-9670870200001A.jpg?v=1772002518","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/soldier-sailor-claire-kilroy","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}