About this title: Novelist Rachel Cusk--THE COUNTRY LIFE--offers an unflinching account of the pregnancy, birth, and parenting of her first child. From deconstructing each piece of useless advice she receives, to the solace she seeks in literature--most often, Edith Wharton, Coleridge, and Charlotte Bronte--Cusk details her transformation from novelist to mother, ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780312311308ISBN:0312311303
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. Ex-Library with stickers and stamps. Light edge wear to soft cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 228 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 4/6/2002
ISBN-13:9780312269876ISBN:0312269870
Description: Like New. FIRST U.S. EDITION: FIRST PRINTING: ***NEW, With Remainder Mark*** Published by Picador Books; St. Martin's Publishing Group. D/J in Excellent condition. Casebound (Black boards, Neon Blue lettering). Binding tight. Pages crisp, clean and unmarked. Professionally and securely packaged, with Tracking Number. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781841154879ISBN:1841154873
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781841154879ISBN:1841154873
Description: Good. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781841154879ISBN:1841154873
Description: Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
"judging by the horrible cover design, I was expecting some fairly light mommy reading, so I was pleasantly surprised to find that this is much more of an intellectual read. Cusk writes about becoming a mother in a way that I have not read before, and puts into words a lot of things that I have thought about. my only issue with this book was the excerpts she includes from other literary works, which at times made it feel more like required reading for an english class."
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