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Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Women's Prize for Fiction | 2024 | Shortlist |
About This Book
A mother addresses her young son in a second-person monologue spanning his early childhood, capturing the overwhelming, all-consuming reality of early motherhood in a voice that is exhausted, loving, funny, and searingly honest. A formally startling and emotionally devastating novel about the experience of becoming a mother.
About the Author
Claire KilroyIrish
Claire Kilroy is an Irish novelist born in Dublin in 1973. She studied English Literature at Trinity College Dublin. Her novels include Tenderwire (2006), All Summer (2003), All Names Have Been Changed (2009), and The Devil I Know (2012). Read more →
