How to Say No vs The Bell Jar: Which Should You Read?

Cover of How to Say No How to Say No Louie Läuger · 2024 48 pages · ≈ 53 min · Moderate

No means No. But also: Who learns to even say No? How can we learn it as adults if we were taught all our life to people-please? How can you deal with guilt and shame around saying No? This zine was inspired by an…

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Cover of The Bell Jar The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath · 1948 ★★★★☆ 4.4 272 pages · ≈ 5 h 02 m · Demanding
“It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.”

The Bell Jar is the only novel written by American poet Sylvia Plath. It is an intensely realistic and emotional record of a successful and talented young woman's descent into madness.

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How to Say NoThe Bell Jar
Google Books — 4.5 (2)
Apple Books — 4.5 (555)

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How to Say NoThe Bell Jar
Ratings — 555
Editions 2 177
Film adaptations — 1
Wikipedia attention — 63950
Pages 48 272

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