Few figures in modern literature have been pigeonholed as completely as Sylvia Plath, whose turbulent poetry is often treated as if it were a suicide note. With a wealth of never-before-accessed materials, Heather Clark's Pulitzer Prize finalist presents a more nuanced view of Plath's world: her early relationships and determination not to become a conventional woman and wife; her troubles with an unenlightened mental health industry; her Cambridge years and meeting with Ted Hughes; and her dark final days.