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  • The Single Hound

    A Novel

    by May Sarton ...
    In May Sarton's debut novel, a mysterious and beloved Belgian poet finds new life when a young Englishman ventures to meet herPublished under the pseudonym Jeanne Latour, Doro's poetry inspired a generation. Her teaching of great literature and philosophy also fired up the imaginations of her young pupils. Throughout her adult life, Doro's most important relationships have been those with Claire ... Read more

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  • The Small Room

    A Novel

    by May Sarton ...
    In the hallowed halls of one of New England's most prestigious colleges, a young woman finds new and unexpected life as professor while a scandal brews just on the peripheryOn the train north from New York City, Lucy Winter takes inventory of her life. Twenty-seven and newly single, Lucy is headed toward a fate she never anticipated: professorship at a women's college in New England. Her doctorate ... Read more

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  • A World of Light

    Portraits and Celebrations

    by May Sarton ...
    This captivating book by May Sarton rejoices in friendship and familyIn A World of Light, renowned poet and novelist May Sarton renders unforgettable portraits of the friends she considers family—and the family she looks upon as friends. From her father, famed science historian George Sarton, she learns that work is "of the first importance." Her mother, Mabel, an artist in her own right, is her ... Read more

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  • At Seventy

    A Journal

    by May Sarton ...
    Winner of the American Book Award: May Sarton's honest and engrossing journal of her seventieth year, spent living and working on the Maine coast.May Sarton's journals are a captivating look at a rich artistic life. In this, her ode to aging, she savors the daily pleasures of tending to her garden, caring for her dogs, and entertaining guests at her beloved Maine home by the sea. Her reminiscences ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Journals of May Sarton Volume One

    Journal of a Solitude, Plant Dreaming Deep, and Recovering

    by May Sarton ...
    Now in one volume: Three exquisite meditations on nature, healing, and the pleasures of the solitary life from a New York Times –bestselling author.In a long life spent recording her personal observations, poet, novelist, and memoirist May Sarton redefined the journal as a literary form. This extraordinary volume collects three of her most beloved works.Journal of a Solitude: Sarton's bestselling ... Read more

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  • After the Stroke

    A Journal

    by May Sarton ...
    The bestselling feminist author's "lyrical, candid, sensitive" account of her efforts to regain her health, art, and sense of self after a stroke ( Publishers Weekly).Feeling cut off and isolated—from herself most of all—after suffering a stroke at age 73, May Sarton began a journal that helped her along the road to recovery. She wrote every day without fail, even if illness sometimes prevented ... Read more

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  • The Novels of May Sarton Volume One

    Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing, A Shower of Summer Days, and The Magnificent Spinster

    by May Sarton ...
    Three luminous novels from a New York Times–bestselling author and National Book Award finalist whose "prose leaves compelling echoes in one's mind" ( The New York Times Book Review).Throughout her long and acclaimed career, May Sarton refused to be categorized. As a memoirist, poet, and novelist, she broke new ground by openly exploring homosexuality, gender inequality, and other once taboo ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • At Eighty-Two

    A Journal

    by May Sarton ...
    The New York Times–bestselling author of At Seventy returns with a memoir about advancing age, including her experience with a series of strokes.In this poignant and fearless account, Sarton chronicles the struggles of life at eighty-two. She juxtaposes the quotidian details of life—battling a leaky roof, sharing an afternoon nap with her cat, the joy of buying a new mattress—with lyrical musings ... Read more

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  • Faithful Are the Wounds

    A Novel

    by May Sarton ...
    A professor's suicide is the catalyst for this novel about politics and ideals set at Harvard during the 1950sWhen Harvard professor Edward Cavan commits suicide by throwing himself under a subway train, his death sets off shock waves both across campus and in the hearts of his loved ones. To Edward's estranged sister, Isabel, her brother represented the dangers she sought to escape through the ... Read more

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  • As We Are Now

    A Novel

    by May Sarton ...
    Bestselling author "May Sarton has never been better than she is in this beautiful, harrowing novel about being old, unwanted, yet refusing to give up" ( The Boston Globe).After seventy-six-year-old Caro Spencer suffers a heart attack, her family sends her to a private retirement home to wait out the rest of her days. Her memory growing fuzzy, Caro decides to keep a journal to document the daily ... Read more

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  • Endgame

    A Journal of the Seventy-Ninth Year

    by May Sarton ...
    "A testament to the joys of nature from a courageous and loving woman . . . her cats, birds, garden and visitors keep her ecstatically anchored in life" ( Publishers Weekly)."I always imagined a journal that would take me through my seventy-ninth year," May Sarton writes, "the doors opening out from old age to unknown efforts and surprises." Instead of musing calmly on the philosophical ... Read more

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  • Coming into Eighty

    Poems

    by May Sarton ...
    In May Sarton's seventeenth and final collection of poetry, the writer reflects on life, aging, and mortalityComing into Eighty presents a poet's look at age. Herein, Sarton gives readers a glimpse into her quotidian tasks, her memories, her losses, and her triumphs. The volume explores topics ranging from the war in Iraq to the struggle of taking a cat to the vet. Dark and immediate, this work ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus