<p>The poems in this collection were all written in the last nine months of Sylvia Plath's life, and form part of a group from which the <b>Ariel</b> poems were chosen. Her radio play 'Three Women', also included here, was written slightly earlier, in the transitional period of <b>The Colossus</b> and <b>Ariel</b>.</p><p>'A book that anyone seriously interested in poetry now must have . . . Sylvia Plath's immense gift is evident throughout.' Martin Dodsworth in the <i>Guardian</i></p>