This is one of two books I picked up at Dean's Garden Centre near York this morning from the shelves selling used paperbacks in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, their 2018 charity and one well worth supporting.
I chose it because I aim to read at least two nonfictions a month so always keep my eye out for likely candidates and this looks like a possibility, although I appreciate that it might not be a laugh a minute . . . .

From Google Overview: "A biography of the American poet Sylvia Plath which presents a different view of her life and death by shifting any blame away from Plath's husband, Ted Hughes, and suggesting the problems lay in her personality difficulties."

I consider that I've finished this, although I gave up at the end of the text and didn't continue with the Appendices, Souces and Notes, Acknowledgement and Index, stopping on p304 rather than p413!
Given the subject matter, I wasn't expecting an easy read and didn't aim to read too many pages at a time.
In many ways it could have proved depressing - but it wasn't! If anything, I found it a reminder that Life's Worth Living . . . . well, mine is anyway - I couldn't comment on hers!
And my lasting impression is that she was totally bananas . . . .

Left on the bookswap shelves in this lovely pub where the York BookCrossers hold their monthly meetings during a day out in my favourite city!

Well over a million people around the world give their books a unique BookCrossing IDentity number (BCID) before sending them out to find new readers. Since the start of the scheme in April 2001 over twelve million such books have been put into circulation. This is one of them!

Our hope is that we can track the progress of our books once they've left our hands - and that's possible if finders like you visit the website, key in the BCID and leave a comment, however long or short. It's fun, it doesn't have to cost anything, although the site always appreciates donations towards running costs, and you can remain anonymous if you wish. You don't have to join but if you do you'll be able to number and track your own books!

Well, she is probably my favourite poet - and I am increasingly coming to enjoy biographies - so I thought I'd take this one home...!