Saving Agnes

A bit of slow starter and as 50+ male I may not be the primary audience for this book. However Rachel Cusk is an amazing writer and I was pulled into the story. Given that this book book was written over 30 years ago the world in which this is set seems itself almost fictional. But having lived in that world to an extent and experienced many of the same emotions at the very same time as the protagonist I was able to partially empathize, I am male so not completely. This is a just out of university, first job, first non-collegiate romance and dealing with transitioning to fully independent adult life story. But Cusk's writing elevates what is now a well used trope to something more than just a relatable twenty-somethings romp. There is real insight into the larger emotional world inhabited by many of the characters and that is the strength of this novel.