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PANDORA SYKES\u003cbr\u003e‘I lived and breathed beside her narrator.’ DAISY JOHNSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her wildly acclaimed new novel Claire Kilroy creates an unforgettable heroine, whose   fierce love for her young son clashes with the seismic change to her own identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders adore \u003ci\u003eSoldier Sailor\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***** 'About as perfect a piece of writing as you'll find.'\u003cbr\u003e***** 'Unbearably tense and frequently hilarious.'\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.'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56292008362357,"sku":"9780571375578","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571375578_4dc95dbc-b836-4ba4-b616-4d4a0dba7314.jpg?v=1786015189"},{"product_id":"9780571215638","title":"All Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003e**\u003ci\u003eSOLDIER SAILOR\u003c\/i\u003e - THE NEW NOVEL BY CLAIRE KILROY - IS AVAILABLE NOW**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Compelling.’ \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Written with such verve and confidence . . . impossible not to enjoy.’ 5* reader review\u003cbr\u003e‘This is my favourite book.’ 5* reader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnna Hunt has lost her memory and is on the run. From who and what she is unsure, but trapped in the present she seems certain of only one thing - she is somehow linked to the stolen painting currently being restored in the National Gallery. In a wonderfully unsettling first novel, Claire Kilroy manages to combine beautiful, poetic prose with the menacing atmosphere of a thriller as she explores themes of memory, violence, art and escape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eSOLDIER SAILOR\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Intense, furious, moving and often extremely funny.' DAVID NICHOLLS\u003cbr\u003e‘Astonishing.’ \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘So powerful.’ MONICA ALI\u003cbr\u003e‘Exceptionally good [it] sizzles and crackles with life.’ \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A huge, small book.’ ANNE ENRIGHT\u003cbr\u003e‘I lived and breathed beside her narrator. 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Still dazed after the incident, she finds herself embarked on a chaotic and dangerous odyssey. Leaving her steady partner, she quickly falls in love with a mysterious man, and shortly thereafter comes across a rare violin of dubious provenance, for which she must raise the required payment in cash in less than a week. But, haunted by the ghost of her father, racked with jealousy, and unsure whom she can trust around her, Eva soon finds herself playing a desperate psychological game as her desires threaten to destroy her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNarrated in Eva's unforgettable voice - at once passionate and unreliable - Tenderwire is a novel of immense pace and skill, a guessing game and a whodunnit that surprises at every turn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eSOLDIER SAILOR\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Intense, furious, moving and often extremely funny.' 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