This book is the biography of Assia Wevill, the woman that Ted Hughes was having an affair with at the time that Sylvia Plath killed herself. This book paints Assia out to be a complicated woman, who seems to have self worth issues, severe self-worth issues. It claims she was haunted by Plath's shadow and constantly tried to fit into the role of wife/mother let vacant with Plath's death. Interestingly enough, the book doesn't slander Plath, possibly Hughes. The biographers certainly claim that Hughes is as abusive to Assia as he was to Sylvia. And while they do not directly claim that Hughes is responsible for Assia's death, there is no denying this fact either. I found this book to be a very interesting read.