num_pages: 256
description: Set over the course of one rainy day in a London suburb, Arlington Park is a viciously funny portrait of a group of young mothers, each bound to their families, each straining for some kind of independence. As the hours pass, Rachel Cusk's graceful, incisive prose passes through the experience of each mother, following them all from the early-morning scrambling, through car trips and visits to the mall, and finally to a dinner party in the evening, when the husbands return and all the conflicts come to the surface. Penetrating and empathetic, Arlington Park is "a domestic adventure about the perils of modern privilege that is as smartly satirical as it is warmly wise" ( Elle ).
language: English
title: Arlington Park: A Novel
titlecomplete: Arlington Park: A Novel
genres: Fiction, British Literature, Canada, Roman, Womens, Feminism, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 2754
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Shortlist
publisher: Picador