Cometa rojo
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- Author：Heather Clark
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Summary
Finalista Premio Pulitzer y Finalista National Book Awards， con un gran número de archivos nunca antes publicados， Heather Clark destapa la vida a la brillante Sylvia Plath。 La autora， que ha tenido pleno acceso documentos publicados e inéditos de Sylvia Plath y Ted Hughes， aborda todos los acontecimientos que marcaron a la escritora: sus primeras relaciones y su determinación de no convertirse en una mujer y una esposa convencionales; sus conflictos por el desconocimiento sobre salud mental。
Retratos lúcidos sobre sobre Ted Hughes， suamante Assia Wevill y otros autores demonizados en el escenario del suicidio de Sylvia Plath revelan cómo fueron realmente sus últimos días。
Junto con las iluminadoras lecturas de los
propios poemas， la meticulosa y compasiva investigación de Clark nos acerca más que nunca a la enérgica mujer y a la visionaria artista que abrió una senda que todavía ilumina el camino de las mujeres poetas。
Retratos lúcidos sobre sobre Ted Hughes， suamante Assia Wevill y otros autores demonizados en el escenario del suicidio de Sylvia Plath revelan cómo fueron realmente sus últimos días。
Junto con las iluminadoras lecturas de los
propios poemas， la meticulosa y compasiva investigación de Clark nos acerca más que nunca a la enérgica mujer y a la visionaria artista que abrió una senda que todavía ilumina el camino de las mujeres poetas。
Reviews
Boo Trundle
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my review consists partly of an email i sent while i was reading this book:Oh gosh， I am on page 834 of Red Comet and I can barely make myself finish！I am getting tears in my eyes just typing this email。。。She is coming unraveled with the long， loose hair and the chain smoking and the angry letters to Aurelia。Sobbing all night with Ted and he can’t help her at all。And her babies。I just can’t！！！Also， as the second part of my review， I offer a text thread， just my half of the conversation。 You will my review consists partly of an email i sent while i was reading this book:Oh gosh， I am on page 834 of Red Comet and I can barely make myself finish！I am getting tears in my eyes just typing this email。。。She is coming unraveled with the long， loose hair and the chain smoking and the angry letters to Aurelia。Sobbing all night with Ted and he can’t help her at all。And her babies。I just can’t！！！Also， as the second part of my review， I offer a text thread， just my half of the conversation。 You will have to imagine the responses:i'm so into the red comet[response]smith， barely getting started。[IPHONE PHOTO OF PAGE 289， Waking in the Blue， September 1953-January 1954。。。 After Dr。 Beuscher's second marriage ended， she left psychiatry and became a practicing Episcopal clergywoman 。。。]this is some crazy stuff！ Who knew？？！！！？？？wow[response]me toounacceptable！！then again， the art remains and she'd probably prefer it that way[response]most of the art！！[response]I think Ted burned a novelhaven't met ted yeti was also obsessed with heathcliff， lolzwho isn't？[response]excellent。 [response]can't wait。 loving it but also 😪[response]THAT IS MY REVIEW 。。。more
Tori Puente
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Such an in-depth and fascinating look at one of poetry's most tragic figures。 Indulged my curiosity I'd had since being introduced to Plath's work in 10th grade。 Journals， letters， and interviews with family & friends make up an almost t00-thorough portrait， yet it was overall fascinating。 Out of an incredibly long book， there were only about 2 parts that dragged， including her college thesis。 But nothing takes away from the overall impact， and following the timeline， seeing the events in her li Such an in-depth and fascinating look at one of poetry's most tragic figures。 Indulged my curiosity I'd had since being introduced to Plath's work in 10th grade。 Journals， letters， and interviews with family & friends make up an almost t00-thorough portrait， yet it was overall fascinating。 Out of an incredibly long book， there were only about 2 parts that dragged， including her college thesis。 But nothing takes away from the overall impact， and following the timeline， seeing the events in her life leading up to that dramatic end。 Thinking 'what if she'd pursued that'， or 'what if she'd married them'， and appreciating both the funny and sad bits。 Realizing that she was a creative genius， but probably not someone I'd have liked in real life。 Overall， it's an amazing portrait of a creative force cut too short， hemmed in by mid-20th century misogyny and a lack of understanding and support in the field of mental health。 I read this as an audiobook， but I understand the print version includes her sketches and notes， which would be a great addition as you follow the story。 。。。more
Brigitte De
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Incredible。
Colleen Alles
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It took me almost half a year to read this - not just because it’s 1，000 pages but also because as I got closer to the early 1960s， I felt myself slowing down。 I knew we were getting close to the end for Sylvia。 She’s a writer I’ve long-admired， and this book deepened my empathy for her。 She was a driven and brilliant writer and I wish somehow she was born in a different time where she might have had an easier path toward fighting her mental illness and being recognized as a female contemporary It took me almost half a year to read this - not just because it’s 1，000 pages but also because as I got closer to the early 1960s， I felt myself slowing down。 I knew we were getting close to the end for Sylvia。 She’s a writer I’ve long-admired， and this book deepened my empathy for her。 She was a driven and brilliant writer and I wish somehow she was born in a different time where she might have had an easier path toward fighting her mental illness and being recognized as a female contemporary poet - something England （and America too） was just coming around to in the mid-20th century。 I never write long reviews， but this book is so moving to me。 I want to say rest in peace to Sylvia like I knew her， although of course I didn’t; yet Heather Clark’s made me feel like I do。 。。。more
Carrie Sue
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This incredible book has shown me more than anything I’ve ever read the cultural and structural constraints on women and it is staggering how much has changed and how much has not。 Plath was not just some hysterical poet - she was a genius， ambitious， determined， complicated， divinely gifted and this book shows her to be such， treating her short life as the blaze of vitality， accomplishment， desire， grief， and joy that it was - rather than reducing her to a trope。
Gregory Duke
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Incredible！ Heather Clark navigates the mire of Sylvia Plath's enduring romanticization and the fandom surrounding her's aestheticization of death as something beautiful and alluring， mystical and powerful。 Instead， Clark maintains lucidity and a searing critical eye throughout such a variety of documentation （letters， journals， diaries， interviews， poems， primary and secondary school exams， juvenilia， etc。） that this tome of a book feels deceptively easy to read。 The level of comprehensiveness！ Incredible！ Heather Clark navigates the mire of Sylvia Plath's enduring romanticization and the fandom surrounding her's aestheticization of death as something beautiful and alluring， mystical and powerful。 Instead， Clark maintains lucidity and a searing critical eye throughout such a variety of documentation （letters， journals， diaries， interviews， poems， primary and secondary school exams， juvenilia， etc。） that this tome of a book feels deceptively easy to read。 The level of comprehensiveness！ The ability to defy standard narratives！ The denial of easy labels！ The further problematization of Plath's legacy！ It's just incredibly eye-opening。 My whole consideration of Sylvia Plath has been shifted by Clark's insights。 Clark argues that Sylvia Plath is not in fact。。。 a truly confessional poet。 She is， but she is not。 I think everyone can love this behemoth of a biography （and I'm rather surprised this did not go on to win the Pulitzer for Biography， even though it did attain a finalist slot）。 I don't know how to encapsulate how all-encompassing this book is as a sociocultural history of mid-century America， literary historiography， literary criticism （and a reflection of the rise of New Criticism）， a comparative examination of American and British poetry （and the countries' differing relations to class/caste and sexism）， and a metatext on the Plath legacy， all without veering into hagiography。 How can one not swoon？ 。。。more
Emily
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Biography of the life and intellectual development of Sylvia Plath。
Mariellen
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After beginning this book at least three times， I have at long last finished it。 It is an exhaustive look at an artist and woman who lived and worked at a very difficult time for women。 It could be said that all times are rather difficult for woman artists but the 50’s and early 60’s were particularly so for woman in America and Britain。 The author， Heather Clark has weaved together Sylvia Plath’s published and unpublished works， as well her husband， Ted Hughes， letters from and to friends and f After beginning this book at least three times， I have at long last finished it。 It is an exhaustive look at an artist and woman who lived and worked at a very difficult time for women。 It could be said that all times are rather difficult for woman artists but the 50’s and early 60’s were particularly so for woman in America and Britain。 The author， Heather Clark has weaved together Sylvia Plath’s published and unpublished works， as well her husband， Ted Hughes， letters from and to friends and family members， personal diaries， recorded and published interviews to give the reader as much a picture of who she was as is likely possible。 It is quite an achievement and it says something about all of us who think because we read The Bell Jar and the Ariel Poems， we knew who she was and what happened to her。 The only that remained the same for me as concerns Sylvia Plath after reading this book was the mourning for a human being and the art she may have created had she lived longer。 。。。more
vienna
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hit me like a train， will post review later
Kate Vereb
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Unbelievable book。 Absolutely captivating。
JoAnne Boncher
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 📕📗📘📙📗Absolutely spellbinding book with copious research。 I was not prepared to feel sympathy for Sylvia。 She was a victim， a victim of her genetic history， the 1960s ideas of a woman’s role， prejudice，the loss of her father， bad advice， her talent。 （She was clearly on another level。） it is too bad she had not been born later when they had effective treatment for bi-polar disease and postpartum depression。 The story might have had a different ending。I didn’t have the same kind feelings for Ted Hu 📕📗📘📙📗Absolutely spellbinding book with copious research。 I was not prepared to feel sympathy for Sylvia。 She was a victim， a victim of her genetic history， the 1960s ideas of a woman’s role， prejudice，the loss of her father， bad advice， her talent。 （She was clearly on another level。） it is too bad she had not been born later when they had effective treatment for bi-polar disease and postpartum depression。 The story might have had a different ending。I didn’t have the same kind feelings for Ted Hughes。 Yes，he was brilliant but didn’t have much grace or empathy。 A little too full of himself。 I think his saving grace was his love for his children ， however I could never understand his rejection of Nicolas。In the end he recognized his mistakes， but lived a tormented life because of them。I never expected to finish the 900 pages but couldn’t put the book down。 Masterful writing。I was a young wife in the 60s and I can vouch for the unfair strictures placed upon women by society。 We were expected to be ‘good little girls’， not make any waves or be too smart， just follow the rules while looking pretty。 。。。more
Stephen
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I was introduced to Sylvia Plath during a poetry unit in my 11th grade English class。 But it wasn't due to an inspiring teacher instilling a love of literature in her students， quite the opposite。 My teacher was a terrible person who made fun of Plath for being "CrAzY！" and killing herself。 She similarly mocked Walt Whitman for being gay。 An adult woman who chose a career teaching English to teenagers said these things in front of a classroom of 16 and 17 year olds because I'm sure zero of them I was introduced to Sylvia Plath during a poetry unit in my 11th grade English class。 But it wasn't due to an inspiring teacher instilling a love of literature in her students， quite the opposite。 My teacher was a terrible person who made fun of Plath for being "CrAzY！" and killing herself。 She similarly mocked Walt Whitman for being gay。 An adult woman who chose a career teaching English to teenagers said these things in front of a classroom of 16 and 17 year olds because I'm sure zero of them were gay or struggling with mental health， right？This was the early 1990s， in a very conservative suburb of a very conservative large city in a state which today is still getting a lot of attention for its absolute batshittery。 I was at the time a closeted gay teenager who was not， shall we say， fully committed to remaining alive。 I took her garbage commentary as a strong recommendation， and thus I was introduced to two writers that I came to love。 I went straight to the public library and checked out The Bell Jar first。 It resonated with me， and while I rarely re-read books， I've read it a few times over the years。 I read her poems， and over the following decades I've read just about everything by or about her that I could。 When I was in London a few years ago， I walked by the house where she died， sat in Chalcot Square nearby， and then walked up Primrose Hill， and through Regents Park and past the zoo where she used to take her children。 So when I saw this book I knew I'd have to read it eventually。It is a massive book。 It's the first book that made me really consider breaking down and buying an e-reader。 It's astonishingly detailed。 Other reviews have said this， but if you thought you knew a lot about Sylvia Plath， you did not。 I just spent the last week or so reading in incredible detail about the last few months， weeks， and days of her life。 She's treated with respect， and every little thing isn't pointed to as evidence of how "crazy" she was and looked at as a clue to her future unavoidable suicide。 It is clear she was struggling hard to stay alive， but the mountain of converging factors on top of her depression made it seem impossible to her。The author has done unfathomable work to put together a detailed picture of Plath's life， from birth to death。 There's been a lot of sensationalism around her life and particularly death， and this book avoids that entirely。 She's very fair to everyone involved。 There are people who have been cast as villains in her life， and she manages to paint a more nuanced and even sympathetic picture of them。 If I came away from it thinking any ill of anyone， it was based entirely on the facts as presented and not because of any bias from the author。 I certainly did not finish this book believing that anyone in particular was responsible for Plath's death， however badly they may have behaved at one point or another。 All that said， this isn't the kind of book one can just casually recommend to anyone even if they have an interest in Plath。 I happened to have had the seed planted at an impressionable moment in my teenage years by a bad English teacher who was trying to do the opposite， leading to a lifelong interest。 I can't see myself reading a book like this if things hadn't happened for me that way。 It's a huge investment of time and there are lots of other sources of information about her。 But， this is really the best， and I can't imagine anyone ever trying to write another thing about her after this。 。。。more
Molly O'Connor
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Many would ask how it is possible to write a 1300 page biography about a woman who only lived for thirty years。 Those people clearly don't understand just how much incredible and ground-breaking writing Sylvia Plath managed to produce in such a tragically short period of time。 Clark paints a vivid and human portrait of a gifted artist who struggled with the restrictions and expectations placed on her by her society， going into tremendous amounts of detail about her family life， her early relatio Many would ask how it is possible to write a 1300 page biography about a woman who only lived for thirty years。 Those people clearly don't understand just how much incredible and ground-breaking writing Sylvia Plath managed to produce in such a tragically short period of time。 Clark paints a vivid and human portrait of a gifted artist who struggled with the restrictions and expectations placed on her by her society， going into tremendous amounts of detail about her family life， her early relationships， her struggles with her mental health and her traumatic experiences at the hands of psychiatrists。 Clark draws on huge volumes of Plath's personal writing including diaries and letters to bring this often misunderstood figure to life as a real living， breathing， brilliant and flawed woman。 She affords similar generosity to other polarising figures from Plath's life， including Ted Hughes， Assia Wevill and her mother， Aurelia Plath。 Where others have demonised these individuals in the wake of Plath's suicide， Clark also shows them compassion and presents a balanced portrait that acknowledges their own strengths， struggles and flaws along with Plath's。 While many previous Plath biographies have scried though her poems to find signs that make her tragic end seem like the inevitable conclusion of a life possessed by a powerful poetic spirit， Clark's work feels as though it does the opposite。 Reading it I was overwhelmed by the sense that her death was deeply preventable。 Had the freezing winter not left her isolated and miserable， had the medication she was on been better monitored， had in-patient mental healthcare not been such a terrifying prospect， there might have been a very different outcome and she might have lived decades more。 The loss to the literary world is incalculable and the loss to her many many friends and loved ones immeasurable。 For anyone who loves Plath's poetry， Red Comet is an undertaking that will leave you devastated， but it is worth every page。 。。。more
Tristan Sorenson
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Thank you， thank you， thank you， Sylvia。
David
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She died at the age of 30。 So does she really deserve a biography of 940 pages？ Yes and no。No， this book was too detailed。 A lot could have been left out without affecting the wonderful way the author presented her。 Yes， a 940-page biography （without the footnotes） does her justice because in the hands of Heather Clark， the details turn into comprehensive immersion。 This is perhaps one of the best biographies I have ever read。 She does her best to present her subject to us in all her blazing com She died at the age of 30。 So does she really deserve a biography of 940 pages？ Yes and no。No， this book was too detailed。 A lot could have been left out without affecting the wonderful way the author presented her。 Yes， a 940-page biography （without the footnotes） does her justice because in the hands of Heather Clark， the details turn into comprehensive immersion。 This is perhaps one of the best biographies I have ever read。 She does her best to present her subject to us in all her blazing complexity。 Her life is expertly interwoven with her works， her ambitions， her family， and her friends in a way that maintains an expert tension between sympathy and objectivity。 In the hands of a less capable biographer， the details would have been excessive and off-putting， but Heather Clark manages to use the details to immerse you in Sylvia Plath’s life， and yet respects you enough to not usurp your judgment。You can be forgiven for skipping a few pages in the middle， but under no circumstances should you skip the last 150 pages。 We know how her story ends but the author writes the lead-up to her suicide and the immediate aftermath with a magisterial touch。 。。。more
Victoria
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Hollie
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A definitive biography of Plath with in-depth analysis of her writing and “a warts and all” portrait of her as a person。 The book presents her as a real， flawed person。 A big undertaking due to its length and academic tone it is at its most enjoyable when chronicling Plath’s early life and the tension she felt between being the all-American “good” girl and wanting to have a career， a sexual life etc。 The ending of the book - years spent unwell in London… well we know how it ends。 Very respectful A definitive biography of Plath with in-depth analysis of her writing and “a warts and all” portrait of her as a person。 The book presents her as a real， flawed person。 A big undertaking due to its length and academic tone it is at its most enjoyable when chronicling Plath’s early life and the tension she felt between being the all-American “good” girl and wanting to have a career， a sexual life etc。 The ending of the book - years spent unwell in London… well we know how it ends。 Very respectful and actually surprisingly upsetting considering most of us know the facts already。 I’ll dip into this regularly and no doubt will reread again。 Kept me company over one very strange Christmas。 。。。more
Ekta
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What a splendid book！ Enjoyed every page of it， except the parts where the author went out of her way to sympathize with Hughes。 I mean， he did less than the bare minimum， doesn't make him the husband/father of the year imo。 But I commend the author's objectivity throughout the 1000 pages。 What a splendid book！ Enjoyed every page of it， except the parts where the author went out of her way to sympathize with Hughes。 I mean， he did less than the bare minimum， doesn't make him the husband/father of the year imo。 But I commend the author's objectivity throughout the 1000 pages。 。。。more
Elida H
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this biography was amazing。 clearly well-researched and unbiased， which it does not seem most of sylvia plath’s biographers were， the connections between the art， letters， journals， and interviews were incredibly well-written/done。 this book was also so so devastating。 def recommend it is very long， but worth it！ now i’m going to have to read all her books。 very sad。
Karen
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Fabulously detailed deep dive into soul and life of Plath and her world。A truly Rashomon treatment of all the angles possible that illustrate her art and tragic life。
Wendy
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This is just so wildly comprehensive and well-researched。 Clark uses every resource available to her to get to know Plath and by the end Sylvia feels like a close friend。
shabrina fadhilah
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FINALLYY AFTER ALMOST A YEAR， I MANAGED TO FINISHED THIS MAGNUM OPUS。 PLEASE READ THIS I BEG YOU。
Tara Tuehey
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Long but worth it and sheds new light on a well-known figure。
Kayla
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Absolutely brilliant; a must-read for fellow writers。
Rebecca
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Round up to 3。5 ⭐️
Jo
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A long and full account of the background to Sylvia Plath's life。 I wish we could read of a Sylvia whose life was more independent and not so heavily embedded in men。The overbearing mother trope， the endless stream of boyfriends， lovers， Ted。 It felt so deeply depressing that I couldn't award 5 stars。I read the Bell Jar in the 1980's and was mesmerised。 I wish that Sylvia emerged as a more likeable person。 A long and full account of the background to Sylvia Plath's life。 I wish we could read of a Sylvia whose life was more independent and not so heavily embedded in men。The overbearing mother trope， the endless stream of boyfriends， lovers， Ted。 It felt so deeply depressing that I couldn't award 5 stars。I read the Bell Jar in the 1980's and was mesmerised。 I wish that Sylvia emerged as a more likeable person。 。。。more
Agris Fakingsons
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。。nu ko， 45+ stundu garais ceļojums Silvijas Plātas pasaulē ir galā。 kad zini， ka stāsts beigsies ar galvu gāzes plītī， nav viegli gaidīt grāmatas beigas。 bet neko darīt。 tagad atliek izlasīt arī Silvijas stāstus un vienu dzejas krājumu， kas vēl palicis neizlasīts。 tik skumji， ka savulaik tika iznīcināts gan Plātas otrais romāns， gan nepabeigts trešais un zudis arī ceturtais， nemaz nerunājot par viņas pēdējo mēnešu dienasgrāmatu ierakstiem。 bet tas， kas ir saglabājies， to jābauda。
Debbie Taylor
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This is hands down the absolute best biography of Plath - and there is no need to read any of the other biogs out there。 It's a beast of a book - 1000 pages - but so rich in detail。 Best of all， this makes Plath feel like a living breathing person。 She comes alive in a way she hasn't in other biogs - particularly in the toll sinus issues took on her health。 The ending， we all know， but to paraphrase something someone else said a long time ago， you read about her final weeks convinced she's going This is hands down the absolute best biography of Plath - and there is no need to read any of the other biogs out there。 It's a beast of a book - 1000 pages - but so rich in detail。 Best of all， this makes Plath feel like a living breathing person。 She comes alive in a way she hasn't in other biogs - particularly in the toll sinus issues took on her health。 The ending， we all know， but to paraphrase something someone else said a long time ago， you read about her final weeks convinced she's going to pull through， like she did with every other challenge in her life。 I felt a real sense of loss when the book， and Plath's life， ended。 A magnificent book， a true labour of love。 We are truly lucky this book exists。 DEFINITIVE。 。。。more
Bill Carmean
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Audiobook。 Fascinating， incredibly long， book describing， it seems， almost every day in Silvia's Plath's life during her years writing poetry。 I have always been drawn to her poetry and her life。 This is a deep dive but well worth for those who want to understand more about Plath。 It's amazing to read that she could not have committed suicide in the way she did if she had stayed in the US。 British gas at that time was manufactured from coal， resulting in high levels of CO2 not present in natural Audiobook。 Fascinating， incredibly long， book describing， it seems， almost every day in Silvia's Plath's life during her years writing poetry。 I have always been drawn to her poetry and her life。 This is a deep dive but well worth for those who want to understand more about Plath。 It's amazing to read that she could not have committed suicide in the way she did if she had stayed in the US。 British gas at that time was manufactured from coal， resulting in high levels of CO2 not present in natural gas。 。。。more
Mackenzie Taylor Reid
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I am broken and inspired all at once。 “Writing is the first love of my life。”“I think most creative writers are spurred more by unsatisfied love， unfulfilled yearning， and untold wants than by the satiating effect of complete emotional happiness。”“How odd men don’t interest me at all now。 Only women and women talk。”“I’m dying to read it。 It looks just the thing to cheer me up。 All about murder。”
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