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''I laughed out loud, often, in painful recognition.' Esther Freud

''Cusk has created a work of beauty and wisdom.'' New Statesman

''Cusk is not afraid to address frankly the grief for freedom lost, the despair, pain, boredom and guilt all in the context of the mother''s unspeakable love for the baby.'' Stephanie Merritt, Observer

A Life's Work is Rachel Cusk's funny, moving, brutally honest account of her early experiences of motherhood. An education in babies, books, breast-feeding, toddler groups, broken nights, bad advice and never being alone, it is a landmark work, which has provoked acclaim and outrage in equal measure.

A Lifes Work

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 16 May 2019
      ISBN-13 9780571350933
      978-0571350933
      ISBN-10 0571350933
      Also in:
      Non Fiction Biography Autobiography: adventurers and explorers ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: fiction Politics, Philosophy & Society Sociology: family, kinship and relationships

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''I laughed out loud, often, in painful recognition.' Esther Freud

      ''Cusk has created a work of beauty and wisdom.'' New Statesman

      ''Cusk is not afraid to address frankly the grief for freedom lost, the despair, pain, boredom and guilt all in the context of the mother''s unspeakable love for the baby.'' Stephanie Merritt, Observer

      A Life's Work is Rachel Cusk's funny, moving, brutally honest account of her early experiences of motherhood. An education in babies, books, breast-feeding, toddler groups, broken nights, bad advice and never being alone, it is a landmark work, which has provoked acclaim and outrage in equal measure.

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