The Lost Journals of Sylvia Plath: A Novel. Knutsen 9780875807256 New<|

The Lost Journals of Sylvia PlathA Novel\nAuthor(s): Kimberly Knutsen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Northern Illinois University Press\nISBN-13: 9780875807256, 978-0875807256\nSynopsis\nFinalist, 2015 Midwest Book Award Chicago Book Review Best Book of 2015 Set in the frozen wasteland of Midwestern academia, The Lost Journals of Sylvia Plath introduces Wilson A. Lavender, father of three, instructor of women's studies, and self-proclaimed genius who is beginning to think he knows nothing about women. He spends much of his time in his office not working on his dissertation, a creative piece titled \""The Lost Journals of Sylvia Plath.\"" A sober alcoholic, he also spends much of his time not drinking, until he hooks up with his office mate, Alice Cherry, an undercover stripper who introduces him to \""the buffer\""the chemical solution to his woes.\n\n Wilson's wife, Katie, is an anxious hippie, genuine earth mother, and recent PhD with n.