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The Bell Jar
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December 30, 2014
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January 2, 2015
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Why we're reading this
I never read anything from Sylvia Plath.

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Astrid Lim
This is a heartbreaking story about a girl who realized that her mental health is declining. The realness of her thoughts, her fear, her slowly but surely descent to insanity - it's all so frightening and sad. You can't help but think that the writer was really experiencing those things, and this book is some kind of semi autobiography of her. And it's getting even sadder when you know that it's true.

Sylvia Plath has lead a very remarkable but very sad life. The Bell Jar gave us a glimpse of us
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