{"product_id":"pain-parties-work","title":"Pain, Parties, Work","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePain, Parties, Work\u003c\/h1\u003eElizabeth Winder\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003eApril 1 2014\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780062085559\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0062085557\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \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","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391060705325,"sku":"20651","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_968d2799-7dec-498b-b4c0-3fa3c475cbff.jpg?v=1787351246","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/pain-parties-work","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}