I Hate You, Mother

Aurelia Plath believed (she was right) that Sylvia's psychiatrist ruined their relationship.

[Christian Science prayer found in Aurelia Plath’s diary, Beinecke Library, Yale. Sylvia Plath asked her mother for a copy.]

I’ve been avoiding writing about Sylvia Plath’s psychiatrist Ruth Beuscher, but it’s ruining my life so I’ll just do it. I found Beuscher is prominent enough in the Plath women’s letters/diaries/journals to pursue the question I h…