{"product_id":"pain-parties-work-9780062085559","title":"Pain, Parties, Work","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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 \u003cem\u003eroman a clef, The Bell Jar.\u003c\/em\u003e . . . Winder goes into the dizzying, delightful detail.\" --\u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA compelling look at a young Sylvia Plath and the life-changing month that would lay the groundwork for her seminal novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Bell Jar.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn May of 1953, a twenty-one-year-old Plath arrived in New York City, the guest editor of \u003cem\u003eMademoiselle\u003c\/em\u003e'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, \u003cem\u003ePain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 \u003c\/em\u003eoffers 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinder, Elizabeth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eElizabeth Winder is the author of a poetry collection. Her work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eChicago Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAntioch Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Letters\u003c\/em\u003e, and other publications. She is a graduate of the College of William and Mary, and earned an MFA in creative writing from George Mason University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50707086442770,"sku":"9780062085559","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_23a359e6-d72f-4b8c-b486-6893c17ff205.jpg?v=1734494372","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pain-parties-work-9780062085559","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}