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Publisher: Canongate
Author: Elin Cullhed
ISBN: 9781838855994
Year: 2022
Format: Paperback
Historical fiction
Euphoria
by
Elin Cullhed
Euphoria by
Elin Cullhed
Reviews
"Euphoria is about the fissures between motherhood, love and creativity but is also a celebration of Plath’s power."
Evening Standard
Summary
A woman's life, erupting with brilliance and promise, is fissured by betrayal and the pressures of duty. What had once seemed a pastoral family idyll has become a trap, and she struggles between being the wife and mother she is bound to be and yearning for so much more.
The woman in question is Sylvia Plath in the final year of her life. As Plath's marriage to Ted Hughes unravels, Sylvia turns increasingly to writing to express her pain and loss, yet also her resilience and power. She has decided to die, but the art she creates in her final weeks will set her name, and the world, ablaze.