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The Lucky Ones

The Lucky Ones

by RachelCusk (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 240
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Fourth Estate
Published: 04 Oct 2005
ISBN 10: 0007161328
ISBN 13: 9780007161324

Media Reviews
A lovely book. -- Irish Independent
Insightful.perceptively drawn.poignant, evocative and meant to be savored. -- Booklist
Subtle and satisfying...a brilliant collection. -- Boston Globe
Witty and topical.a fresh and compassionate portrait. -- The New Yorker
Impressively written. -- Marie Claire (UK)
Witty, trenchant and.startling. -- Library Journal
Gorgeous, languorous writing. -- Publishers Weekly
Witty, trenchant and startling. --Library Journal
Gorgeous, languorous writing. --Publishers Weekly
A lovely book. --Irish Independent
Impressively written. --Marie Claire (UK)
You want to gasp with the shock of recognition at a rarely articulated thought delivered with a visceral punch. --Independent Magazine
Sharp observation of character, vivid imagistic descriptions. --Independent on Sunday
A lovely book. --Irish Independent
Witty, trenchant and...startling. --Library Journal
Witty and topical...a fresh and compassionate portrait. --The New Yorker
Cusk has a gift for articulating fluid, unsettling emotions just beneath the surface of consciousness. --Entertainment Weekly
Subtle and satisfying...a brilliant collection. --Boston Globe
Gorgeous, languorous writing. --Publishers Weekly
Insightful...perceptively drawn...poignant, evocative and meant to be savored. --Booklist
[Cusk's] intelligence and emotional honesty give a sense of having experienced, rather than read, this book...extraordinary. --People
If great fiction puts into words something about ourselves that we didn't know we knew, this is it. --Daily Mail (London)
Impressively written. --Marie Claire (UK)
Cusk has a gift for articulating fluid, unsettling emotions just beneath the surface of consciousness. --Entertainment Weekly
Witty, trenchant and startling. --Library Journal
Insightful perceptively drawn poignant, evocative and meant to be savored. --Booklist
Gorgeous, languorous writing. --Publishers Weekly
Impressively written. --Marie Claire (UK)
If great fiction puts into words something about ourselves that we didn t know we knew, this is it. --Daily Mail (London)
Sharp observation of character, vivid imagistic descriptions. --Independent on Sunday
You want to gasp with the shock of recognition at a rarely articulated thought delivered with a visceral punch. --Independent Magazine
A lovely book. --Irish Independent
[Cusk s] intelligence and emotional honesty give a sense of having experienced, rather than read, this book extraordinary. --People
Witty and topical a fresh and compassionate portrait. --The New Yorker
Subtle and satisfying...a brilliant collection. --Boston Globe
-Cusk has a gift for articulating fluid, unsettling emotions just beneath the surface of consciousness.---Entertainment Weekly
-Witty, trenchant and...startling.---Library Journal
-Insightful...perceptively drawn...poignant, evocative and meant to be savored.---Booklist
-Gorgeous, languorous writing.---Publishers Weekly
-Impressively written.---Marie Claire (UK)
-If great fiction puts into words something about ourselves that we didn't know we knew, this is it.---Daily Mail (London)
-Sharp observation of character, vivid imagistic descriptions.---Independent on Sunday
-You want to gasp with the shock of recognition at a rarely articulated thought delivered with a visceral punch.---Independent Magazine
-A lovely book.---Irish Independent
-[Cusk's] intelligence and emotional honesty give a sense of having experienced, rather than read, this book...extraordinary.---People
-Witty and topical...a fresh and compassionate portrait.---The New Yorker
-Subtle and satisfying...a brilliant collection.---Boston Globe
Author Bio
Rachel Cusk is the author of six novels and one memoir. The first, Saving Agnes, won the Whitbread First Novel Award. Other works include The Country Life, which won a Somerset Maugham Award, The Lucky Ones, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize, In the Fold, and Arlington Park, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. In 2003 she was nominated by Granta magazine as one of 20 'Best of Young British Novelists'.