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Very enjoyable to read Cusk‘s first novel that really deftly captures the experience of being a young female adult. Some lines were so spot on: “She strove not to please others but merely not to disgust them.” An accurate portrait of growing into female adulthood in the 90s from my perspective. Agnes is a little trying at times, but I loved to see her find her way.

"I always believed there would be a point where I would definitely know if I was happy - when I would become myself, if you see what I mean, instead of just impersonating what I thought I should be. And now I feel as if I've suddenly woken up and things have gone by without me seeing them."

I just adore Rachel Cusk's use of language.

Took myself on a lunch date today

#Saved #SpringIntoReading

I enjoyed this despite finding Agnes quite unloveable! A real slice of life in north London - if you lack confidence or make some poor decisions, it can be precarious. The flashbacks & her self-sabotage annoyed me at times. Extremely funny too, some laugh out loud moments.

"The house, like the party, was subsiding."

Great first line. I'm enjoying it and getting into the rhythm of going back in time (which I was impatient with initially). Very funny in parts.

Bedtime reading in the hotel ... Bliss. Oh that's right, I'm sharing the room with George the 5 year old. Photobomb 1, reading 0.