{"product_id":"9780062940834","title":"Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom: A Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNever before published, this newly discovered short story by literary legend Sylvia Plath is a remarkable allegorical tale about a young woman's rebellion against convention and the forceful taking control of her own life. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten while Sylvia Plath was a student at Smith College in 1952, \u003ci\u003eMary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling coming of age story about 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 \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\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\u003eThis strange, dark tale of female agency and independence, a powerful work of psychological fiction written not long after she herself left home, grapples with mortality in motion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42369522597949,"sku":"9780062940834","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780062940834_p0.jpg?v=1771566657","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.mom\/products\/9780062940834","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}