A room of one's own... what would one do? Me, I would languish all day, nestled in a chair, surrounded by sunlit walls and words, and devour book after book. Let's start with our latest...
. A true and truly touching memoir of Ms. Cusk's becoming a mother and the emotional, physical and relationship changes that it brings. Her metamorphosis is clear, but painful to witness, and brings back many a memory we otherwise would choose to forget. The excerpt that drew me in: "it is when the baby sleeps that I liaise, as if it were a lover, with my former life".Ms. Cusk brings an honest approach to the major challenge of motherhood: autonomy. How you become something new - but yearn to be what you were (which you cannot go back to). How to reconcile the two?
