thumanybooks 's review for:

Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark

5.0

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WOW. I was knocked out and down by this book. It's a TOME, but so worth the long-term commitment. I loved the way Clark takes us through Sylvia's life--her whole life--starting even before she was born with her parents and grandparents. You really understand how she became the woman that she did. And you really learn so much more about it her than her mental illness. I fell in love with Sylvia Plath when I was in high school--her angst in her novels and poems felt so familiar to me. Reading this book as an adult felt like having tea with her. I cried, I worried, I cheered for her. I wanted only the best for her, and when she suffered, I understood why. I wish the world had been kinder to her in life. Heather Clark as honored her with this biography, so that's something.