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Your Own, Sylvia by Stephanie Hemphill

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Your Own, Sylvia

A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath

A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath

By Stephanie Hemphill

By Stephanie Hemphill

By Stephanie Hemphill

By Stephanie Hemphill

By Stephanie Hemphill
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By Stephanie Hemphill
Read by Various

Paperback $7.99

Dec 23, 2008 | 272 Pages | Young Adult

Ebook $4.99

Dec 10, 2008 | 272 Pages | Young Adult

Audiobook Download $10.00

Mar 03, 2009 | 292 Minutes | Young Adult

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    About Your Own, Sylvia

    Your Own, Sylvia draws on Plath’s writing and extensive nonfiction sources, chronicling Hemphill’s interpretation of Plath’s life from infancy to her death by suicide at age 30. The poems are arranged chronologically and each conveys an experience in Plath’s life told via the voice and perspective of family members, friends, doctors, fellow writers, etc.—as interpreted by Hemphill. Each poem is accompanied by an addendum that further explains the factual circumstances of that poem’s subject. The book also includes an Author’s Note, some photos, a section describing the source material for each poem, and suggestions for further reading.

    About Your Own, Sylvia

    On a bleak February day in 1963 a young American poet died by her own hand, and passed into a myth that has since imprinted itself on the hearts and minds of millions. She was and is Sylvia Plath and Your Own, Sylvia is a portrait of her life, told in poems.

    With photos and an extensive list of facts and sources to round out the reading experience, Your Own, Sylvia is a great curriculum companion to Plath’s The Bell Jar and Ariel, a welcoming introduction for newcomers, and an unflinching valentine for the devoted.


    From the Hardcover edition.

    About Your Own, Sylvia

    Your Own, Sylvia draws on Plath’s writing and extensive nonfiction sources, chronicling Hemphill’s interpretation of Plath’s life from infancy to her death by suicide at age 30. The poems are arranged chronologically and each conveys an experience in Plath’s life told via the voice and perspective of family members, friends, doctors, fellow writers, etc.—as interpreted by Hemphill. Each poem is accompanied by an addendum that further explains the factual circumstances of that poem’s subject. The book also includes an Author’s Note, some photos, a section describing the source material for each poem, and suggestions for further reading.


    From the Trade Paperback edition.

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    Because in her journals, letters, and fiction, Sylvia un-bandages wounds and wonders that most people don’t want to admit exist. Because she tells dangerous truths. “This is what it is like to be complete. It is horrible.” Sylvia forges through… More about Stephanie Hemphill

    About Stephanie Hemphill

    Because in her journals, letters, and fiction, Sylvia un-bandages wounds and wonders that most people don’t want to admit exist. Because she tells dangerous truths. “This is what it is like to be complete. It is horrible.” Sylvia forges through… More about Stephanie Hemphill

    About Stephanie Hemphill

    Because in her journals, letters, and fiction, Sylvia un-bandages wounds and wonders that most people don’t want to admit exist. Because she tells dangerous truths. “This is what it is like to be complete. It is horrible.” Sylvia forges through… More about Stephanie Hemphill

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Poetry | Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Dec 23, 2008 | 272 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780440239680

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Poetry | Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Dec 10, 2008 | 272 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9780307493590

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Poetry | Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $10.00
    Published by Listening Library (Audio)
    Mar 03, 2009 | 292 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780739380864

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    Praise

    Starred review, Kirkus Reviews, February 2007:
    "[R]eaders come away with a sense ofreally knowing Plath . . . a must for any young-adult reader of poetry or Plath."

    Starred review, Booklist, February 15, 2007:
    "[A]n intimate, comprehensive, imaginative view of a life, which also probes the relationships between poetry and creativity, mental fragility, love, marriage, and betrayal."

    Starred review, The Horn Book Magazine, March/April 2007:
    "Hemphill’s verse, like Plath’s, is completely compelling: every word, every line, worth reading."


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    Awards

    ALA Best Books for Young Adults Top 10 WINNER 2008

    Booklist Books for Youth Editors’ Choice WINNER 2007

    Kirkus Reviews Editor Choice Award WINNER 2007

    Michael L. Printz Honor Book WINNER 2008

    Printz Honors WINNER 2008

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