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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

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The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under -- maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic. (Goodreads)

 

Plath wrote this novel loosely based on her real life. The sarcasm and dark humor in this novel is what kept me turning the pages. This is a one of a kind read.
Koalie, Library staff

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