Reviews round-up
The Daffodil Days
by Helen Bain
3 of 3 critics positive
3 reviews: 1 rave, 2 positives
What the critics said
Rave
Read the review ↗“virtuoso portrait of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath’s final year”
The Daffodil Days by Helen Bain review – virtuoso portrait of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath’s final year
Positive
Read the review ↗“A new novel celebrates the vast joys she found in life.”
Sylvia Plath’s ‘daffodil days’ in Devon
Positive
Read the review ↗“creates a touching fictional portrait of a brilliant, highly strung woman”
Sylvia Plath’s last year — a tragedy told backwards
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