Lover of Unreason by Yehuda Koren

If you’re intrigued by the Sylvia Plath/Ted Hughes story, you’ll want to read this fascinating biography of Assia Wevill whose existence very probably helped push Sylvia toward suicide. More than just the beautiful ‘other woman’ in the Hughes marriage, Assia’s past included escaping the Holocaust, life in the newly created Israel, three husbands as well as a talent for art, translating poetry, creating advertising campaigns and seduction. She and her 4 year old daughter by Ted died in 1969. - Reviewed by TCPL Staff