Journal of a Solitude
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Journal of a Solitude

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Journal of a Solitude

About this book

The poet and author's "beautiful .Ā .Ā . wise and warm" journal of time spent in her New Hampshire home alone with her garden, her books, the seasons, and herself (Eugenia Thornton,Ā  Cleveland Plain Dealer ).


"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self." ā€”May Sarton
May Sarton's parrot chatters away as Sarton looks out the window at the rain and contemplates returning to her "real" lifeā€”not friends, not even love, but writing. In her bravest and most revealing memoir, Sarton casts her keenly observant eye on both the interior and exterior worlds. She shares insights about everyday life in the quiet New Hampshire village of Nelson, the desire for friends, and need for solitudeā€”both an exhilarating and terrifying state. She likens writing to "cracking open the inner world again," which sometimes plunges her into depression. She confesses her fears, her disappointments, her unresolved angers. Sarton's garden is her great, abiding joy, sustaining her through seasons of psychic and emotional pain.
Journal of a SolitudeĀ is a moving and profound meditation on creativity, oneness with nature, and the courage it takes to be alone. Both uplifting and cathartic, it sweeps us along on Sarton's pilgrimage inward.
This ebook features an extended biography of May Sarton.

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Publisher
Open Road Media
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9781497646339
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Biographies
Index
Literature
All rights reserved, including without limitation the right to reproduce this ebook or any portion thereof in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher.
For permission to quote from personal letters thanks are due to: Sister Mary David, Mrs. Basil de Selincourt, Madame Eugenie Dubois, Madame Pierre Hepp (Camille Mayran).
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Haniel Longā€™s poem ā€œIf Our Great Fragile Cities,ā€ from The Grist Mill...

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. September 15th
  5. September 17th
  6. September 18th
  7. September 19th
  8. September 21st
  9. September 25th
  10. September 28th
  11. September 29th
  12. October 5th
  13. October 6th
  14. October 8th
  15. October 9th
  16. October 11th
  17. October 14th
  18. October 17th
  19. October 28th
  20. October 30th
  21. November 9th
  22. November 10th
  23. November 11th
  24. November 16th
  25. November 17th
  26. November 18th
  27. December 1st
  28. December 2nd
  29. January 2nd
  30. January 5th
  31. January 7th
  32. January 8th
  33. January 12th
  34. January 13th
  35. January 16th
  36. January 17th
  37. January 18th
  38. January 19th
  39. January 27th
  40. January 28th
  41. February 1st
  42. February 2nd
  43. February 4th
  44. February 5th
  45. February 8th
  46. February 9th
  47. February 13th
  48. February 22nd
  49. March 1st
  50. March 3rd
  51. March 5th
  52. March 16th
  53. March 18th
  54. March 20th
  55. April 6th
  56. April 7th
  57. April 12th
  58. April 13th
  59. April 14th
  60. April 21st
  61. April 28th
  62. May 6th
  63. May 7th
  64. May 9th
  65. May 15th
  66. May 16th
  67. May 20th
  68. May 23th
  69. May 28th
  70. June 4th
  71. June 12th
  72. June 15th
  73. June 21st
  74. June 23rd
  75. July 7th
  76. July 8th
  77. July 10th
  78. July 26th
  79. August 3rd
  80. August 4th
  81. August 9th
  82. August 16th
  83. August 27th
  84. August 29th
  85. September 11th
  86. September 15th
  87. September 16th
  88. September 30th
  89. A Biography of May Sarton
  90. Copyright Page