Description

Book Synopsis

Multi-award-winning author Rachel Cusk's honest memoir that captures the life-changing wonders of motherhood.

Selected by The New York Times as one of the 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years

Funny and smart and refreshingly akin to a war diarysort of Apocalypse Baby Now . . . A Life's Work is wholly original and unabashedly true. The New York Times Book Review

A Life's Work: On Becoming a Mother is Rachel Cusk's funny, moving, brutally honest account of her early experiences of motherhood. When it was published it 2001, it divided critics and readers. One famous columnist wrote a piece demanding that Cusk's children be taken into care, saying she was unfit to look after them, and Oprah Winfrey invited her on the show to defend herself.

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 outra

A Lifes Work

    Product form

    A Paperback / softback by Rachel Cusk

    £14.99

    Includes FREE delivery

    Order before 4pm tomorrow for delivery by Wed 4 Nov 2026.

    Out of stock

      Trusted by thousands of customers. See 2,385+ Customer Reviews

      View other formats and editions of A Lifes Work by Rachel Cusk

      Book details

      Publisher Picador USA
      Published 4 May 2021
      ISBN-13 9781250828255
      978-1250828255
      ISBN-10 1250828252
      Also in:
      Memoirs Parenting, parenthood: advice, topics and issues Relationships and families: advice, topics and issues

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Multi-award-winning author Rachel Cusk's honest memoir that captures the life-changing wonders of motherhood.

      Selected by The New York Times as one of the 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years

      Funny and smart and refreshingly akin to a war diarysort of Apocalypse Baby Now . . . A Life's Work is wholly original and unabashedly true. The New York Times Book Review

      A Life's Work: On Becoming a Mother is Rachel Cusk's funny, moving, brutally honest account of her early experiences of motherhood. When it was published it 2001, it divided critics and readers. One famous columnist wrote a piece demanding that Cusk's children be taken into care, saying she was unfit to look after them, and Oprah Winfrey invited her on the show to defend herself.

      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 outra

      Recently viewed products

      © 2026 Book Curl

        • American Express
        • Apple Pay
        • Diners Club
        • Discover
        • Google Pay
        • Maestro
        • Mastercard
        • PayPal
        • Shop Pay
        • Union Pay
        • Visa

        Login

        Forgot your password?

        Don't have an account yet?
        Create account