The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
4/5
Harper Perennial Modern Classics 288 pages January 14, 1963
Esther Greenwood, a talented young woman interning at a New York magazine, slowly descends into a suffocating depression. Plath's only novel is a searingly honest and semi-autobiographical portrait of mental illness, societal expectations, and the impossible pressures placed on women.
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Plath writes about depression the way it actually feels — like being trapped under glass, watching the world go on without you. Expect to hold your breath through entire chapters. It's raw, it's real, and the dark humor catches you off guard in the best way. For a book about suffocation, it's remarkably alive on every page. It's the kind of book that leaves a mark.
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