Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation Fiction_Gift_Guide literature and culture inquiry-from Freud's

literature and culture inquiry-from Freud's Oedipus complex to Wagner's Ring Cycle of operas to Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra

unexpectedly home from school

easy-to-follow

and tragic tale about the fluidity of racial identity that continues to resonate today

until the discovery of a strange

Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation Fiction_Gift_Guide literature and culture inquiry-from Freud'sBeautiful . . . Compelling . . . Cusk [is] an extraordinary writer of the female experience. Financial Times In the winter of 2009, Rachel Cusks marriage of ten years came to an end. Candid and revelatory, Aftermath chronicles the perilous journey as the author redefines herself and creates a new version of family life for her daughters. She discovers previously unknown strengths and freedoms but also finds herself suddenly vulnerable to outsiders,