Love, Sivvy
A Novel Inspired by the Life, Letters, and Diaries of Young Sylvia Plath
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- Feb 17, 2026
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- 416 pages
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- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- ISBN-13
- 9780316587136
Sylvia Plath knows she was born to be remembered. She loves learning, literature, and writing, especially poetry. The problem is, she’s coming of age in a time when women are expected to happily set aside their dreams for a husband and a home. Even in high school, Sylvia struggles to reconcile the societal expectations placed on women and the ambitions she has for a great career. She aches for a partner and a family, but she longs to become a poet, too. And she’s afraid she can’t have both.
Covering her high school and college years, and capturing her many highs and lows as she wrestled with her mental health and blazing talent, Love, Sivvy is a beautifully rendered portrait of one of the most incandescent poets of all time.
Sylvia Plath knows she was born to be remembered. She loves learning, literature, and writing, especially poetry. The problem is, she’s coming of age in a time when women are expected to happily set aside their dreams for a husband and a home. Even in high school, Sylvia struggles to reconcile the societal expectations placed on women and the ambitions she has for a great career. She aches for a partner and a family, but she longs to become a poet, too. And she’s afraid she can’t have both.
Covering her high school and college years, and capturing her many highs and lows as she wrestled with her mental health and blazing talent, Love, Sivvy is a beautifully rendered portrait of one of the most incandescent poets of all time.
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“Sivvy’s first-person narration captures the intensity of her emotional life....Readers become confidants in this highly relatable portrayal of a complex life.”Kirkus
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“Fictionalized but rooted in biography, this clever, thoughtful novel in verse offers a moving picture of Plath as a young woman, focusing primarily on her college years and covering 1948-1955. Narrating herself, Plath reveals her wry observations about her romances, her vacillations between being proud of her early publishing success and certainty that none of it really matters, her rage about injustices based on gender, and her profound depression and how it was an unwanted partner in everything she did.”BCCB
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* “A lyrical and intimate portrayal of Sylvia Plath’s early years... the novel captures...SLJ
the exhilarating highs of recognition and publication alongside the devastating lows of clinical depression....A moving, page-turning portrait that will resonate with readers familiar with Plath’s battles with mental health.”
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About the Author
R.L. Toalson is the author of The Colors of the Rain, which won the Arnold Adoff Poetry Honor Award for New Voices in 2020; The Woods; The First Magnificent Summer; and Something Maybe Magnificent. She lives in San Antonio, Texas, with her one brilliant husband, six delightful children, and two arrogant cats. She invites you to visit her at racheltoalson.com.
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