{"product_id":"books-pain-parties-work-sylvia-plath-in-new-york-summer-1953-by-elizabeth-winder","title":"Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Winder has painstakingly sketched a fully fleshed out portrait of Plath's life during that hot, seminal summer, offering a glimpse into the raison d'etre behind Plath's revered 1963 roman a clef, The Bell Jar. . . . Winder goes into the dizzying, delightful detail.\" --USA Today\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA compelling look at a young Sylvia Plath and the life-changing month that would lay the groundwork for her seminal novel, The Bell Jar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn May of 1953, a twenty-one-year-old Plath arrived in New York City, the guest editor of Mademoiselle's annual College Issue. She lived at the Barbizon Hotel, attended the ballet, went to a Yankee game, and danced at the West Side Tennis Club. She was supposed to be having the time of her life. But what would follow was, in Plath's words, twenty-six days of pain, parties, and work, that ultimately changed the course of her life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThoughtful and illuminating, featuring line drawings and black-and-white photographs, Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 offers well-researched insights as it introduces us to Sylvia Plath--before she became one of the greatest and most influential poets of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53673217491217,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780062085559.jpg?v=1781524085","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-pain-parties-work-sylvia-plath-in-new-york-summer-1953-by-elizabeth-winder","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}