The Journals Of Sylvia Plath

Plestia Alaqad

The instant New York Times bestseller '[A] joyful, tragic account of life in Gaza' - Miriam Margolyes 'Left me both devastated and inspired' - Macklemore 'Transforms pain into poetry' - Rupi Kaur In early October 2023, Plestia Alaqad was a recent graduate with dreams of becoming a journalist. By the end of that November, she would be internationally known as the 'Eyes of Ga...

Kim Hana

'Gently inspiring for showing women living outside social norms and having a great time while doing so.' - Evening Standard 'Beneath the warmth likes a radical proposition: that their partnership should be treated like any family.' - Guardian 'Two Women Living Together is a wonderfully calming and cosy read. I always adore stories of women who choose to live beyond the confin...

Ben Elton

What has Ben Elton done?He's written the most eagerly anticipated show business autobiography of the year. That's what.And prior to that? Well he's pretty much done everything and worked with everybody and now he's telling the whole story in one unputdownable volume. Sixty-five years in the making, this frank, forthright and hugely entertaining autobiography takes a deep dive i...

Tamar Adler

From the award-winning author of An Everlasting Meal comes a record of daily delights from inside the kitchen and just outside it; designed to help you find joy every day."Delight in food, in eating, in cooking, in serving, in recognizing our luck when we feel full is available to all of us," says writer Tamar Adler. Adler found relief and ease in spending a year recording inst...

Cynthia Erivo

It is never too late to build the life you're seeking.Cynthia Erivo learned the music to Wicked a decade before she needed it, not knowing that those same lyrics would change her life. Ten years later, she has the chance to perform those songs on a world stage, showing us that there is always time to keep discovering ourselves, that the journey of becoming is not a finite one.I...

Jennette Mccurdy

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER MORE THAN 3.5 MILLION COPIES SOLD! A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor--including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother--and how she retook control of her life. Jennette McCu...

Sylvia Plath

Written in an extraordinary burst of creativity just before her death in 1963, the poems in this collection are as expressive of joy as they are of desolation. The remarkable combination of artistry and intensity that was recognised on this volume's first publication established Plath as one of the most original and gifted poets of the twentieth century. ...

Sylvia Plath

Every day from nine to five I sit at my desk facing the door of the office and type up other people's dreams. An office assistant in a hospital pursues a secret vocation. A girl endures a series of initiation ceremonies to join her high school sorority. A married woman seeks relief from the dull realities of daily life. From her mid-teens Sylvia Plath wrote stories, twenty-fou...

Sylvia Plath

Lips the colour of blood, the sun an unprecedented orange, train wheels that sound like 'guilt, and guilt, and guilt': these are just some of the things Mary Ventura begins to notice on her journey to the ninth kingdom.0'But what is the ninth kingdom?' she asks a kind-seeming lady in her carriage. 'It is the kingdom of the frozen will,' comes the reply. 'There is no going back....

Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

Originally published in 1960, The Colossus was the only volume of Sylvia Plath's poetry published before her death in 1963. Showing a scholarly dedication to the craft, the poems in this collection are brimming with originality and the startling imagery that would later confirm her status as one of the most important poets of the twentieth century. 'On every page, a poet is ser...

Sylvia Plath