Penetrating and empathetic,Arlington Parkis "a domestic adventure about the perils of modern privilege that is as smartly satirical as it is warmly wise" (Elle).Set over the course of one rainy day in an ordinary English suburb,Arlington Parkis a viciously funny portrait of a group of young mothers, each bound to their families, each straining for some kind of independence: Juliet, enraged at the victory of men over women in family life; Amanda, warding off thoughts of death with obsessive housework; Solly, about to give birth to her fourth child; Maisie, struggling to accept provincial life; and Christine, the optimist and host of a dinner party where the neighbours come together."No one has written better about what, I suppose, is generally known as female experience... All of it is familiar from life but not (thus far) from literature. Everything about Arlington Park is original and fearless."-Francine Prose, Bookforum"They're not always good company - this reviewer threw the book down halfway through, swearing to get out of town - but in her luminous, if disturbing study Cusk has done important work in giving them voice. Highly recommended."-Library Journal"The sour aftertaste their stories leave, however, is a new development in Cusk's work - and not a welcome one. Accomplished, honest and uncompromising, but not a whole lot of fun."-Kirkus Reviews