{"product_id":"mary-ventura-and-the-ninth-kingdom-a-story-9780062940834","title":"Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom: A Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[Plath's] story is stirring, in sneaky, unexpected ways. . . . Look carefully and there's a new angle here -- on how, and why, we read Plath today.\"-- Parul Sehgal, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNever before published, this newly discovered story by literary legend Sylvia Plath stands on its own and is remarkable for its symbolic, allegorical approach to a young woman's rebellion against convention and forceful taking control of her own life. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten while Sylvia Plath was a student at Smith College in 1952, \u003cem\u003eMary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of a young woman's fateful train journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLips the color of blood, the sun an unprecedented orange, train wheels that sound like \"guilt, and guilt, and guilt\" these are just some of the things Mary Ventura begins to notice on her journey to the ninth kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"But what \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e the ninth kingdom?\" she asks a kind-seeming lady in her carriage. \"It is the kingdom of the frozen will,\" comes the reply. \"There is no going back.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSylvia Plath's strange, dark tale of female agency and independence, written not long after she herself left home, grapples with mortality in motion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sylvia Plath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.30h x 4.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062940834","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42707004850313,"sku":"9780062940834","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_3760e85b-f295-41e8-b415-2e33d740e1de.jpg?v=1719473762","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/mary-ventura-and-the-ninth-kingdom-a-story-9780062940834","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}