Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation is a 2012 divorce memoir by Rachel Cusk dealing with her marriage and divorce from her husband Adrian Clarke. It follows two earlier memoirs, one related to their children: A Life's Work: On Becoming a Mother.
Author | Rachel Cusk |
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Genre | Memoir |
Publication date | 2012 |
Summary
editCusk explores her first marriage, separation and divorce.
Reception
editThe book was reviewed by various newspapers,[1] including the Telegraph[2] and The New York Times.[3] The Telegraph gave the memoir five stars, calling it "a beautifully wrought account of marital breakdown".
Camilla Long's review in The Sunday Times was scathing.[4] It won the Hatchet Job of the Year award in 2013.[5]
References
edit- ^ Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation Archived May 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (The Omnivore: Criticism Digested)
- ^ Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation by Rachel Cusk: review by Lisa Appignanesi (The Daily Telegraph, 2 March 2012)
- ^ Unhappy All the Time: 'Aftermath', by Rachel Cusk by Emma Gilbey Keller (The New York Times, 10 August 2012)
- ^ Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation by Rachel Cusk by Camilla Long (The Sunday Times, 4 March 2012)
- ^ Hatchet Job of the Year goes to assault on Rachel Cusk by Alison Flood (The Guardian, 12 February 2013)