May Sarton

May Sarton (1912-1995) was an acclaimed poet, novelist, and memoirist.

May Sarton

May Sarton (1912-1995) was an acclaimed poet, novelist, and memoirist.

Books by May Sarton

  • The Poet and the Donkey: A Novel

    May Sarton, Stefan Martin

    Paperback, 1996

  • A Reckoning: A Novel

    May Sarton

    Paperback, 1997

    When Laura Spelman learns that she will not get well, she looks on this last illness as a journey during which she must reckon up her life, give up the nonessential, and concentrate on what she...
  • At Eighty-Two: A Journal

    May Sarton

    Paperback, 1997

    “Reporting from the front lines on the author’s daily battle with a body and a mind that increasingly refuse to cooperate, At Eighty-Two captures this struggle with a simplicity, elegance and...
  • Coming into Eighty: Poems

    May Sarton

    Paperback, 1998

    In this collection, May Sarton takes on the subject of herself in old age.
  • Faithful Are the Wounds: A Novel

    May Sarton

    Paperback, 1998

    Set in the academic world of Harvard and Cambridge, this novel dramatizes the plight of the embattled American liberal in the 1950s.
  • Letters from Maine: Poems

    May Sarton

    Paperback, 1998

    In poems gathered into three sections under the titles "Letters from Maine," "A Winter Garland," and "Letters to Myself," Sarton's inspiration was a new, brief, and passionate love affair.
  • Recovering: A Journal

    May Sarton

    Paperback, 1998

    "Sarton's 'art of making exquisite distinctions' and her vulnerability as a human being are her timeless gifts to her readers." —Library Journal
  • The Fur Person

    May Sarton, Jared Williams

    Gift Edition, Paperback, 2015

    One of the most beloved stories ever written about sharing one's life with a cat.
  • A Grain of a Mustard Seed: Poems

    May Sarton

    Paperback, 1971

  • Shadow Of A Man: A Novel

    May Sarton

    Paperback, 1983