Back-Pocket Treasure! (Birthday Letters - Ted Hughes)

Member Name: LDWilkinson

Product:	Birthday Letters - Ted Hughes
Date:	28/10/00 (52 review reads)
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Advantages: where do I begin?

Disadvantages: The last Hughes book!

If, like me, you have read quite a number of books and can't possibly state your favourite, then consider this: which book would go with you if you were to become a contestant on Big Brother? Alright, the question is a little ironic in that Big Brother housemates wouldn't read a book even if held at gunpoint (half of them have never heard of Shakespeare). However, if I was struck about the head enough to want to go on Big Brother, then I would probably take with me a copy of Ted Hughes' Birthday Letters. It would probably have to be a new copy as mine is becoming rather tatty. In short, Ted Hughes' Birthday Letters is hard to leave on the shelf. I bought mine while on holiday in the Isle of Wight and had it in my back-pocket wherever I went. I would recommend reading it from cover to cover, but when that task has been completed, you can dip into it wherever you desire for the rest of your life. You can hear Ted in it and see Sylvia Plath while, at the same time, connecting it with your own experiences and thoughts. An ideal book for those discovering Ted and Sylvia, and a necessity for established readers of the two genius poets.

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