Letters Home

by Sylvia Plath

First published 1975

Sylvia Plath's letters pulse with raw emotion and poetic brilliance. From her college years to her final days, she bares her soul - ambition, love, despair - in vivid, unsparing prose. As she descends into depression, her missives grow more desperate, painted in shades of sorrow and rage. Yet Plath's voice remains captivating, her talent undimmed, right up to the tragic end.

Genres: biography, literary-fiction, 20th-century, biography-memoir

Vibes: emotional, intimate, lyrical

Tropes: unreliable-narrator

Setting: United States

Period: 20th century

512 pages · Paperback · HarpPeren

Content warnings: depression, mental-illness, suicide

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