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Your story, my story, a novel, Connie Palmen ; translated by Eileen J. Stevens and Anna Asbury ; read by Guy Mott

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Your story, my story

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Connie Palmen ; translated by Eileen J. Stevens and Anna Asbury ; read by Guy Mott

a novel

In 1963 Sylvia Plath took her own life in her London flat. Her death was the culmination of a brief, brilliant life lived in the shadow of clinical depression, a condition exacerbated by her tempestuous relationship with mercurial poet Ted Hughes. The ensuing years saw Plath rise to martyr status while Hughes was cast as the cause of her suicide, his infidelity at the heart of her demise. For decades, Hughes never bore witness to the truth of their marriage, one buried beneath a mudslide of apocryphal stories, gossip, sensationalism and myth. Until now. In this mesmerizing fictional work, Connie Palmen tells his side of the story, previously untold, delivered in Ted Hughes's own uncompromising voice. A brutal and lyrical confessional, Your Story, My Story paints an indelible picture of their seven-year relationship, the soaring highs and profound lows of star-crossed soul mates bedevilled by their personal demons. It will forever change the way we think about these two literary icons

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