Claire Webster

Claire Webster is the main character in the novel Watermelon. The novel is her story, as she relates it to the reader from her point-of-view solely. She is a twenty-nine year old woman who lives in London, England with her husband James Webster. She works for a charity organization there and feels she has a wonderful life. She feels this way, even more so, now that she has given birth to a baby girl. However, she soon finds that her life is not so wonderful after all, when her husband informs her, a couple of hours after the birth of her child, that he is leaving her for another woman.

What ensues for the rest of the story is Claire learning more about herself, her husband, and relationships in general. She returns to her home town of Dublin, Ireland, and settles in with her family. She needs...