A Life's Work
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A Life's Work
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A Life's Work
Rachel Cusk's controversial, funny and moving account of her first few years of motherhood.
A Life's Work is Rachel Cusk's controversial, funny and moving account of her first few years of motherhood.
When first published in 2001, it divided female critics and readers. One famous columnist wrote a piece demanding that Cusk's children were taken into care, declaring she was unfit to look after them.
Oprah Winfrey invited her on the show to defend herself and the book as protests grew about its honest, gritty account of the misery of those early months. It is a seminal, stand-out book on the complications of being an ambivalent mum in an age of white-washed, Annabel Karmel'd new families.
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A Life's Work by Rachel Cusk is widely praised for its raw and honest exploration of motherhood. Reviewers appreciate Cusk's candid and sometimes unflinching portrayal of the challenges and emotional upheavals faced by new mothers. While some find the narrative an insightful reflection on the complexities of motherhood, others note its provocative and deeply personal nature.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780571350933
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 16 May 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 14.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 205g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Rachel Cusk is the author of nine novels and three works of non-fiction, which have won and been shortlisted for numerous prizes. In 2015, Cusk's version of Medea was staged at the Almeida Theatre.
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