A Life's Work
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A Life's Work
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Narrated by:
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Antonia Beamish
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By:
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Rachel Cusk
About this listen
When first published in 2001, it divided female critics and readers. One famous columnist wrote a piece demanding that Cusk's children were taken into care, that was she was unfit to look after them. Oprah Winfrey invited her on the show to defend herself and the book as protests grew about the its honest, gritty account of the misery of those early months.
It is a seminal, stand-out book on the complications of being an ambivalent mum in an age of white-washed, Annabel Karmel'd new families.
©2020 Rachel Cusk (P)2020 Faber & FaberWhat listeners say about A Life's Work
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- Mrs Claire L Stockley
- 12-06-2021
A work of truth
Wonderful writing. She speaks truthfully of her experience…the ambiguity, fear, anger, joy, uncertainty. I related to it all even looking back 30 years , to birthing and babies. It felt good to read of her take on institutional advice, baby manuals, societal pressure. Beautifully expressing in exquisite language
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- Anonymous User
- 19-08-2021
Beautifully written
I found this book enthralling, thought provoking and beautifully written.
I felt at one with the author’s portrayal of motherhood.
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- Jane
- 05-01-2022
Incredibly perceptive account of motherhood
Meticulously described; real, raw, flawed. No sugar coating here. I often felt she was telling my story... very relateable.
Excited to read more of her work! She's a talented wordsmith.
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- Shams Rahman
- 21-04-2024
tender and heartbreaking
as a man I never have to consider childbirth as anything significant. this book shows the depth of change, emotional and physical, that comes with it. this is tied in with Cusk's beautiful writig
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