Name: The Bell Jar
ISBN: 9781788881920

Sylvia Plath

Follows step-by-step for one month as Esther Greenwood's strained relations with her mother and her boyfriend leads her to a mental breakdown.

The Bell Jar

Melanie

Neurotic, ha!" I let out a scornful laugh. "If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then Im neurotic as hell. I’ll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days."  

Florence

Maybe forgetfulness, like a snow, should numb and cover them.

But they were part of me. They were my landscape.

It hits a little too close to home for me. But I loved it. It’s about as real as a book can get. But I wonder if there was supposed to be a sequel. 

Brittnee Coffmen

Plath writes with a tight pointed style which manages to make sinking into insanity seem natural.

Arie P

Swept me off my feet and into a fascinating, disorienting world. 

Swept me off my feet and into a fascinating, disorienting world. 

A grappling read.

The Bell Jar

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