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Publisher: Scribner Book Company

Author: Claire Kilroy

ISBN: 9781668051801

Fiction

Soldier Sailor by
Claire Kilroy

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$ 550.00 mxn

Soldier Sailor by

Claire Kilroy

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"The narrator's wit, brutal honesty, and unsentimental love for her child set this book apart... a sharp, funny, often painful yet hopeful take on adjusting to motherhood."

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Summary

Exploring the clash of fierce love with a seismic shift in identity, 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 mother’s bedtime story to her son, Sailor, recounting their early years together. Caught in the grip of her toddler’s seemingly endless terrible twos, Soldier doesn’t know who she is anymore. She spends her days in baby groups, playgrounds, and supermarkets. 

Tender and harrowing, Kilroy’s modern masterpiece portrays parenthood in all its agony and ardent joy.

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