A Life's Work: On Becoming a Mother

2017 | Biography

When it was first published, Cusk's memoir of new motherhood shocked readers and critics alike: it was called "As compulsive as a thriller." by the (Observer), "An incitement to riot." by (Esther Freud). and "Career suicide." by the (New York Times). Cusk was accused of self-obsession, of hating her child and of having post-natal depression, just as she was being celebrated by others for having the courage to speak the truth about being a mother. A modern classic and the antithesis of a parenting manual, in A Life's Work Cusk writes with unflinching honesty and wry humour about the sleepless nights, the loneliness, the moments of despair but also of fierce heart-stopping love.

Rachel Cusk (Author)