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Just brilliant. I loved every little bit of this COMPREHENSIVE biography of Sylvia Plath. Just incredibly-well researched, and based in very large part on Plath’s letters and journals, as well as personal interviews. It’s a door-stopper at 1118 pages, but a big chunk of that is copious footnotes and an index. Still, at 941 pages of “story,�� it’s not for the faint of heart.

Thank you to my buddy-reader friend Camie who suggested this - before she know how long it was! We gritted our teeth and tackled the monster, and we’re so glad we did.

I highly recommend this. It is not boring, it is not a slog, it is absolutely fabulous. It’s a book that makes you think and feel, the very best kind of book.

I’ve read ‘The Bell Jar�� twice, once as a young woman and again several years ago. I think I need to give it another “enlightened�� go as well as her collections of poetry. Clark provides and analyzes chunks of her poetry, but this is not an anthology of her writing. It’s the story of her life.

If you end up reading this, I would love to hear your thoughts!

Thanks to Camie, as always, for the buddy read.