Your Story, My Story: A Novel

Based on the true love story of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, Your Story, My Story is a novel by Connie Palmen that delves into their seven-year relationship, revealing previously untold details in Hughes' own uncompromising voice.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 206 pages
Publication date: 01 January 2021
Publisher: Amazon Publishing

From the acclaimed author of The Friendship comes a devastatingly innovative novel based on the tumultuous true love story of literary icons Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. In 1963, Sylvia Plath tragically ended her own life in her London flat. Her passing marked the culmination of a brief yet remarkable life lived in the shadow of clinical depression, a condition exacerbated by her tumultuous relationship with mercurial poet Ted Hughes. The subsequent years witnessed Plath achieving martyr status, while Hughes was portrayed as the sole cause of her suicide, his infidelity at the core of her tragic end. For decades, Hughes remained oblivious to the truth of their marriage, buried beneath a mound of apocryphal stories, gossip, sensationalism, and myth. However, that is until now. In this mesmerizing fictional work, Connie Palmen presents his side of the story, previously untold, delivered in Ted Hughes's own uncompromising voice. A brutally honest and lyrically poetic confessional, Your Story, My Story paints an unforgettable portrait of their seven-year relationship—the soaring highs and profound lows of star-crossed soul mates plagued by their personal demons. It will forever alter our perception of these two literary giants.

Weight: 220g
Dimension: 139 x 209 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781542004633