""I am here alone for the first time in weeks," May Sarton begins this book, "to take up my 'real' life again at last. That is what is strange―that friends, even passionate love,are not my real life, unless there is time alone in which to explore what is happening or what has ha…
The modern American author describes everyday experiences and conveys her feelings of frustration and anger over her attempts to write in solitude.
"I am here alone for the first time in weeks," May Sarton begins this book, "to take up my 'real' life again at last. That is what is strange, that friends, even passionate love, are not my real life, unless there is time alone in which to explore what is happening or what has …
ISBN 0393309282 LCCN 7213464.
The poet-novelist describes her daily life in a graceful, eighteenth-century New Hampshire cottage.