Aftermath
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Rachel Cusk
A fearless and transformative exploration of divorce's impact on women's livesIn 2003, Rachel Cusk published A Life's Work, a provocative and often startlingly funny memoir about the cataclysm of motherhood. Now, in her most personal and relevant book to date, Cusk explores divorce's tremendous impact on the lives of women.Aftermath is an unflinching chronicle of Cusk's own recent separation and the upheaval that followed—"a jigsaw dismantled". With candor as fearless as it is affecting, Cusk maps a transformative chapter of her life with acuity and wit. Unlike any other book written on the subject, Aftermath discovers opportunity as well as pain in the experience of divorce.Through vivid, personal narratives and insightful essays, this memoir offers a thought-provoking examination of divorce's complex place in our society. Cusk's autobiographical writing will resonate with anyone who has gone through a marriage separation or is interested in family life and women's experiences. This timely and important book from the acclaimed British author will help readers understand their own journeys of love, loss, and resilience.
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Author
Rachel Cusk
Pages
160
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published Date
2012-08-07
ISBN
1466820187 9781466820180
Ratings
Google: 4
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"I’m not sure how this book came to be on my to read list, and I’m still not entirely sure how I feel about it. It’s not a feel good book, and it’s hard to know if I identify with the author at all having no experience navigating life divorced with kids. It was an interesting read, to be sure, full of dives into her thoughts and feelings, good bad or ugly, which I generally love. It’s unsurprising since she seems honesty imperative. That said, I can see this book’s larger importance to humans in general. Surely there is an audience out there that feels the exact way she does, and feeling not alone is huge. "
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