Love, Sivvy: A Novel Inspired by the Life, Letters, and Diaries of Young Sylvia Plath
For fans of Girl in Pieces, comes an intensely relatable historical novel-in-verse about the young adult years of the exceptionally talented tortured poet, Sylvia Plath, as she casts off the limiting expectations of American women and forges her own path.
 
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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Love, Sivvy: A Novel Inspired by the Life, Letters, and Diaries of Young Sylvia Plath
For fans of Girl in Pieces, comes an intensely relatable historical novel-in-verse about the young adult years of the exceptionally talented tortured poet, Sylvia Plath, as she casts off the limiting expectations of American women and forges her own path.
 
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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Love, Sivvy: A Novel Inspired by the Life, Letters, and Diaries of Young Sylvia Plath

Love, Sivvy: A Novel Inspired by the Life, Letters, and Diaries of Young Sylvia Plath

by R. L. Toalson
Love, Sivvy: A Novel Inspired by the Life, Letters, and Diaries of Young Sylvia Plath

Love, Sivvy: A Novel Inspired by the Life, Letters, and Diaries of Young Sylvia Plath

by R. L. Toalson

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For fans of Girl in Pieces, comes an intensely relatable historical novel-in-verse about the young adult years of the exceptionally talented tortured poet, Sylvia Plath, as she casts off the limiting expectations of American women and forges her own path.
 
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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780316587143
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date: 02/17/2026
Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format: eBook
Age Range: 14 - 18 Years

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 WoodsThe 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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