by Ted Hughes
First published 1982
Sylvia Plath's private diaries lay bare the turbulent inner life that fueled her groundbreaking poetry. From her days as a gifted student to her passionate courtship with poet Ted Hughes, these pages chronicle Plath's lifelong battle with depression and her fraught creative process. As her mental health deteriorates, her journal entries grow increasingly urgent, building to a tragic conclusion. Through Plath's intimate voice, readers witness the true cost of her singular talent and the impossible choices that came with it.
Genres: biography, 20th-century, autobiography, biography-memoir
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Period: 20th Century
768 pages · Paperback · Faber & Faber
Content warnings: depression, mental-illness, suicide