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

  • A World of Light: Portraits and Celebrations

    May Sarton

    Paperback, 1989

    "Its revelations, its tender frankness, its acutely sensitive observations recommend [this book] to Sarton's growing legion of readers." —Choice
  • The Birth of a Grandfather: A Novel

    May Sarton

    Paperback, 1989

    Grandfathers are generally produced by the birth of grandchildren. But Sprig Wyeth needed more than the arrival of his first grandchild to welcome that role.
  • After the Stroke: A Journal

    May Sarton

    Paperback, 1990

    "This distinguished poet/essayist. . .describes poignantly the long, anxious days. . . .A lyrical, candid, sensitive spirit pervades this chronicle, which ends with Sarton well again, rejoicing in...
  • The Silence Now: New and Uncollected Early Poems

    May Sarton

    Paperback, 1990

    “Her complex ideas are born into verse with the easy, simple beauty that is typical of her stunning lyric style.”—Boston Globe
  • The Single Hound

    May Sarton

    Paperback, 1991

    “Only a poet and, perhaps, only a young poet could have written this beautiful and distinguished first novel.” —New York Times
  • Journal of a Solitude

    May Sarton

    Paperback, 1993

    In this, her bestselling journal, May Sarton writes with keen observation and emotional courage of both inner and outer worlds: a garden, the seasons, daily life in New Hampshire, books, people,...
  • Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing

    May Sarton

    Paperback, 1993

    “The plot of this short novel is deceptively simple, the mood subtle, the feeling intense. And the music of Miss Sarton’s prose leaves compelling echoes in one’s mind.” —New York Times Book Review...
  • As We Are Now: A Novel

    May Sarton

    Paperback, 1993

    "I am not mad, only old. . . . I am in a concentration camp for the old."
  • The Education of Harriet Hatfield: A Novel

    May Sarton

    Paperback, 1993

  • At Seventy: A Journal

    May Sarton

    Paperback, 1993