Faber buys new Rachel Cusk title

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 16/05/2011 - 09:03 Faber has acquired a non-fiction title by novelist Rachel Cusk, about contemporary mid-life femininity. Publishing director Hannah Griffiths bought UK and Commonwealth rights from Tracy Bohan at the Wylie Agency. The book, Aftermath, will use elements of the author's own life to give a structure as the book looks at areas such as marriage, separation, gender, domesticity, motherhood, money and work. Faber plans to publish in March 2012. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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