I felt that I could swim for miles, out into the ocean: a desire for freedom, an impulse to move, tugged at me as though it were a thread fastened to my chest. It was an impulse I knew well, and I had learned that it was not the summons from a larger world I used to believe it to be. It was simply a desire to escape from what I had.
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About Rachel Cusk, Outline
Rachel Cusk, Outline.
Themes
- Freedom — The value of liberty, independence, and self-determination