It opens with the protagonist musing "It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs", before leaving for an internship at Ladies' Day in New York.
A character this novel is asked to hold a paper rose and smile while having her picture taken, but she bursts into tears. A disastrous date in this novel ends with the "country club gentleman" Marco attempting to rape the protagonist. A spoiled batch of crab salad causes an outbreak of food poisoning in this novel, whose protagonist befriends Doreen after winning a scholarship donated by Philomena Guinea and has a tumultuous relationship with (*) Buddy Willard. It opens with the protagonist musing "It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs", before leaving for an internship at Ladies' Day in New York. For 10 points, name this novel about the suicidal writer Esther Greenwood, a thinly-disguised version of its author, Sylvia Plath.
A character this novel is asked to hold a paper rose and smile while having her picture taken, but she bursts into tears.
The Bell Jar