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,[http://www.theomnivore.co.uk/Book/8057-Aftermath_On_Marriage_and_Separation/Default.aspx Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502001618/http://www.theomnivore.co.uk/Book/8057-Aftermath_On_Marriage_and_Separation/Default.aspx |date=May 2, 2013 }} (The Omnivore: Criticism Digested) 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) The Telegraph gave the memoir five stars, calling it "a beautifully wrought account of marital breakdown".
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)