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Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark
5.0
Well researched, based on objective documentation, fascinating and heart-breaking. The author provides essential insight into the poetry of Plath, and of other writers of the period.
In addition, while describing Plath's life, it also depicts the life and circumstances of intelligent women struggling to be seen for their intelligence in a time when women's intelligence was overtly dismissed and undervalued. Her struggle to be a writer, while also living with the demands of being a mother and "wife" (i.e. taking care of house and husband, while husband has few practical demands placed on him) were (are) a plight for many women.
I found this picture of Sylvia Plath with baby Nicholas. It wasn't in the book, but I wanted to share it https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sylvia-plath-photos-_b_2648814?slideshow=true#gallery/5bb61fe5e4b039c29568b782/10
In addition, while describing Plath's life, it also depicts the life and circumstances of intelligent women struggling to be seen for their intelligence in a time when women's intelligence was overtly dismissed and undervalued. Her struggle to be a writer, while also living with the demands of being a mother and "wife" (i.e. taking care of house and husband, while husband has few practical demands placed on him) were (are) a plight for many women.
I found this picture of Sylvia Plath with baby Nicholas. It wasn't in the book, but I wanted to share it https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sylvia-plath-photos-_b_2648814?slideshow=true#gallery/5bb61fe5e4b039c29568b782/10