Itβs as old as time: the breakup letter. The kiss-off. The Dear John. The big adios. Simple in its premise, stunningly perfect in its effect. From Anne Boleyn to Sex and the City writer/producer Cindy Chupack, from women both well-known and unknown, imaginary and real, the letters here span the centuries and the emotionsβproviding a stirring, utterly gratifying glimpse at the power, wit, and fury of a womanβs voice. In a never-before-published letter, AnaΓ―s Nin gives her lover, C. L. Baldwin, a piece of her mind. Charlotte BrontΓ«, in formal fashion, refuses the marriage proposal of Henry Nussey. In a previously unpublished letter, Sylvia Plath writes to her childhood friend and brief lover, Phillip McCurdy, expressing her wish to maintain a platonic relationship. And βSusie Q.β lets βJohnny Smack-Oβ know that sheβs onto his philandering.
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