Menasha Public Library (Elisha D. Smith)

The last confessions of Sylvia P., a novel, Lee Kravetz

eng

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fiction

The last confessions of Sylvia P.

1255689853

Lee Kravetz

a novel

Estee, a seasoned curator for a small Massachusetts auction house, makes an astonishing find: the original manuscript of Sylvia Plath's semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, written by hand in her journals fifty-five years earlier. Plath's psychiatrist, Dr. Ruth Barnhouse, treats Plath during the dark days she spends at McLean Hospital following a suicide attempt, and eventually helps set the talented poet and writer on a path toward literary greatness. Poet Boston Rhodes, a malicious literary rival, pushes Plath to write about her experiences at McLean, tipping her into a fatal spiral of madness and ultimately forging her legacy. -- adapted from jacket

adult

Last confessions of Sylvia Plath