Refusing to read Plath’s work as if her every act was a harbinger of her tragic fate, Clark considers the sociopolitical context as she thoroughly explores Plath’s world: her early relationships and determination not to become a conventional woman and wife her troubles with an unenlightened mental health industry her Cambridge years and thunderclap meeting with Ted Hughes and much more.Ĭlark’s clear-eyed portraits of Hughes, his lover Assia Wevill, and other demonized players in the arena of Plath’s suicide promote a deeper understanding of her final days. With a wealth of never-before-accessed materials, Heather Clark brings to life the brilliant Sylvia Plath, who had precocious poetic ambition and was an accomplished published writer even before she became a star at Smith College. “One of the most beautiful biographies I've ever read.' -Glennon Doyle, author of #1 New York Times Bestseller, Untamed The highly anticipated biography of Sylvia Plath that focuses on her remarkable literary and intellectual achievements, while restoring the woman behind the long-held myths about her life and art.

The book is like looking into the mirror of my life … in style and in the sentiment … freedom is never given voluntarily by the oppressor it must be demanded by the oppressed. Unfortunately, so is Oleksandr Shatokhin’s 55 years later. My adult life is formed by the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

I grew up with the style and the hidden ideas just like that. “ Yellow Butterfly has realms of meaning for me. Quite an achievement for a wordless picture book!” – Uri Shulevitz, Caldecott medal winner and author of the autobiography Chance: Escape from the Holocaust, Memories of a Refugee Childhood “Using modest means, the author evokes the darkness of war and a vision of peace. unflinching response to current events from the perspective of a single child.” – Publishers Weekly “Via an emotionally tinged arc that moves from darkness to light, Ukrainian creator Shatokhin offers a visual prospect of a time when “yellow butterflies will flutter freely in free Ukraine.”. “Stark images in black and white lead this sympathetic wordless picture book about a girl who’s enduring the war in Ukraine.” – Foreward Reviews, Starred Review “Both timely and timeless, evoking war and its aftermath without losing sight of hope.” – Booklist, Starred Review Shatokhin employs color, scale, perspective, and pattern to great effect in timely-and timeless-scenes that capture the protagonist’s fear, fury, frustration, and ultimately hope.” – Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review “Provocative, powerful, breathtakingly beautiful. “A moving portrait of a young child whose hope for the future transforms a dark world of war into a bright blue sky where yellow butterflies flutter freely.” – The New York Times

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