The protagonist of this novel watches Mrs. Tomolillo being cut “like cloth” while giving birth at Yale Hospital. A character in this novel calls a poem “a speck of dust” before being sent to a sanatorium for (10[1])tuberculosis. (-5[4])This novel’s protagonist gets food poisoning from crabmeat-stuffed (10[2]-5[1])avocados (10[2]-5[1])while working (10[3])at the Ladies’ Day magazine. (10[3])This novel is set during the (10[1])“queer, sultry (10[1])summer” (10[2])when “they executed (10[2])the (10[1])Rosenbergs.” (10[7]-5[1])After this novel’s protagonist (10[1])attempts suicide, Doctor Nolan administers electroshock (10[3])therapy at a mental (10[1])hospital. (10[2]-5[2])For (-5[1])10 points, name (10[1])this semi-autobiographical (10[1]-5[1])novel about Esther Greenwood by Sylvia (10[1])Plath. (10[3]) (10[13]0[5])■END■