Written in the months after Rachel Cusk’s divorce, Aftermath is a masterly work charting the largely unwritten journey back to order from the chaos that is left when a family breaks apart.
In the winter of 2009, Rachel Cusk's marriage of ten years came to an end.
Candid and revelatory, Aftermathchronicles the perilous journey as the author redefines herself and creates a new version of family life for her daughters.
'An extraordinary writer of the female experience.' - Isabel Berwick, Financial Times
'How wonderful to have a piece on desolation that is not leaking pop psychology, or emoting effusively... Cusk is startlingly insightful.' - Leyla Sanai, Independent on Sunday
'A highly rewarding experience... A brilliant book.' - Julie Burchill, Observer
'Unflinching and beautifully wrought.' - Lisa Appignanesi, Daily Telegraph
'What keeps you reading, hungrily, is the violent precision of her writing... Divorce has been a catastrophe for Cusk but Cusk the writer triumphs.' - Metro
'Brilliant... As slim and revealing as a microscope slide.' - Elle
'Striking, pristinely observed prose.' - Irish Times
'Thrilling... There are riches buried like gold in the bitter picture Cusk describes.' - Boston Globe
