Your Story, My Story

“Connie Palmen’s Your Story, My Story is a lacerating portrait of passion and genius, both of which are gifts that can arrive with mortality hidden in their folds. It does what only a novel can do—probes beneath the ‘official’ story to get to the dark and mysterious heart of the matter. It’s a remarkable book.” —Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours “Enthralling…Palmen’s prose is beautiful and neither condemns nor exculpates Hughes. Palmen took on a tall order with this one, and does an admirable job of delivering.” —Publishers Weekly “Brilliantly gives voice to Ted Hughes…Palmen brings incredible emotion and life to these two renowned poets and embodies Hughes fully. This confessional will challenge readers to see Ted Hughes and his story in a different light.” —Booklist “Palmen cleverly asserts her talent, as she delves into a poetic narrative akin to Hughes’s own voice as he tries to keep up with the quickly changing moods of his wife, who is every extreme of fury, wit, and passionate goddess all in one. Palmen takes us into Hughes’s mind to see things from his perspective, playing devil’s advocate, hoping to shed some light on his own personal truth and to show that there are always two sides to a story.” —Paperback Paris