Recovering (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: May Sarton
- First Published: 1980
- Genres: Nonfiction, Diary
- Subjects: 1970’s, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Poetry or poets, Lesbianism or lesbians, Depression, mental, Bereavement or grief, Terminal illness or terminally ill, Alzheimer’s disease
The Work
Recovering: A Journal chronicles a year in the life of May Sarton as she deals with the loss of a thirty-five-year relationship, depression, and a mastectomy. The journal was begun December 28, 1978. Her elderly partner, Judy, has been in a nursing home for seven years, her health deteriorating and her senility worsening. The depression caused by the loss of this relationship has been exacerbated by a stingingly negative review of Sarton’s newest novel, A Reckoning (1978), in a major newspaper.
In this journal, Sarton shares her feelings of...
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