Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation
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| author = Rachel Cusk
| pub_date = 2012
| caption = First edition (publ. Faber & Faber)
| genre = Memoir
| image = Aftermath, On Marriage and Separation.jpeg
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{{short description|2012 divorce memoir}}
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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.
Summary
Cusk explores her first marriage, separation and divorce.
Reception
The book was reviewed by various newspapers, including the Telegraph[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/9115603/Aftermath-On-Marriage-and-Separation-by-Rachel-Cusk-review.html Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation by Rachel Cusk: review] by Lisa Appignanesi (The Daily Telegraph, 2 March 2012) and The New York Times.[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/books/review/aftermath-by-rachel-cusk.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Unhappy All the Time: 'Aftermath', by Rachel Cusk] by Emma Gilbey Keller (The New York Times, 10 August 2012)
Camilla Long's review in The Sunday Times was scathing.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055518/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/books/non_fiction/article879730.ece Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation by Rachel Cusk] by Camilla Long (The Sunday Times, 4 March 2012) Long's review won the Hatchet Job of the Year award in 2013.[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/feb/12/hatchet-job-of-the-year-rachel-cusk Hatchet Job of the Year goes to assault on Rachel Cusk] by Alison Flood (The Guardian, 12 February 2013)