Plath's unwavering, honest voice is awe-inspiring. This is such a tender book, and such an incredibly intimate look at a mother-daughter relationship, that is probably so normal, and yet so rare. Reading people's correspondence is always fascinating, but when it's this honest and open it really does become a look into a completely different world, a glimpse of another person's mind. At the same time, it is all the more haunting to know how this happy and in many times strong woman met such a terrible fate in the end. ( )

Such a clear and sorrowful account of her life from her own words. ( )

My parents ordered this for me from our little local bookshop in about 1987 because they knew I really wanted it. A postcard inside is my favourite rejection letter.