Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 by Elizabeth Winder - 2013

New York, New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2013. First Edition. . Cloth. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed. stated. HC On May 31, 1953, twenty-year-old Sylvia Plath arrived in New York City for a one month stint at "the intellectual fashion magazine" Mademoiselle to be a guest editor for its prestigious annual college issue. Drawing on in-depth interviews with fellow guest editors whose memories infuse these pages, Elizabeth winder reveals how these twenty-six days indelibly altered how Plath saw herself, her mother, her friendships and her romantic relationships, and how this period shaped her emerging identity as a woman and as a writer. Thoughtful and illumination, this captivating protrait invites to see Sylvia Plath before the Bell Jar, before she became an icon--a young woman with everything to live for. Book is as new, clean, tight, unmarked. Dust Jacket is also in like condition. 263 pages, notes, bibilography, interviews, correspondence and credits.