• Long's review of Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation received the Hatchet Job of the Year award from Omnivore, an online magazine, in February 2013 for the best worst review of the preceding 12 months.
Cusk herself seems extraordinary — a brittle little dominatrix and peerless narcissist who exploits her husband and her marriage with relish. She tramples anyone close to her, especially [second husband Adrian] Clarke, whom she has forced to give up his job in order to look after the kids. She pours scorn on his "dependence" and "unwaged domesticity", but won't do chores herself because they make her feel, of all things, "unsexed". She is horrified when he demands half of everything in the divorce: "They’re my children," she snarls. "They belong to me."
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Cusk herself seems extraordinary — a brittle little dominatrix and peerless narcissist who exploits her husband and her marriage with relish. She tramples anyone close to her, especially [second husband Adrian] Clarke, whom she has forced to give up his job in order to look after the kids. She pours scorn on his "dependence" and "unwaged domesticity", but won't do chores herself because they make her feel, of all things, "unsexed". She is horrified when he demands half of everything in the divorce: "They’re my children," she snarls. "They belong to me."" in the context of "Camilla Long "Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation by Rachel Cusk", The Sunday Times (4 March 2012)
• Long's review of Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation received the Hatchet Job of the Year award from Omnivore, an online magazine, in February 2013 for the best worst review of the preceding 12 months." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
