{"product_id":"9780786131419","title":"Her Husband: Hughes and Plath - A Marriage","description":"Ted Hughes married Sylvia Plath in 1956, at the outset of their brilliant careers. Plath’s suicide six and a half years later, for which many held Hughes accountable, changed his life, his closest relationships, his standing in the literary world, and brought new significance to his poetry. \u003cp\u003eMiddlebrook presents a portrait of Hughes as a man, as a poet, and as a husband haunted—and nourished—his entire life by the aftermath of his first marriage. How marriages fail and how men fail in marriages is one of the book’s central themes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Middlebrook’s book is sure to be the gold standard. Astutely reasoned, fluidly written and developed with psychological acuity, the work is a sympathetically balanced assessment of two lives that flamed brightly with the incandescent fire of creative genius. “ —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47094601285872,"sku":"9780786131419","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780786131419_p0.jpg?v=1763664967","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780786131419","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}