{"product_id":"a-lifes-work-rachel-cusk-9781250828255","title":"A Life's Work: On Becoming a Mother","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMulti-award-winning author Rachel Cusk's honest memoir that captures the life-changing wonders of motherhood. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelected by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Funny and smart and refreshingly akin to a war diary--sort of Apocalypse Baby Now . . . \u003ci\u003eA Life's Work\u003c\/i\u003e is wholly original and unabashedly true.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Life's Work: On Becoming a Mother \u003c\/i\u003eis Rachel Cusk's funny, moving, brutally honest account of her early experiences of motherhood. When it was published it 2001, it divided critics and readers. One famous columnist wrote a piece demanding that Cusk's children be taken into care, saying she was unfit to look after them, and Oprah Winfrey invited her on the show to defend herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn education in babies, books, breast-feeding, toddler groups, broken nights, bad advice and never being alone, it is a landmark work, which has provoked acclaim and outrage in equal measure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Cusk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250828252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250828255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Rachel Cusk","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055578181887,"sku":"9781250828255","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc8e19f6-7fdf-43ef-a9d0-fee012264477.jpg?v=1685036596","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-lifes-work-rachel-cusk-9781250828255","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}