The Education of Harriet Hatfield

by May Sarton

Book Overview

'Harriet Hatfield begins a new life at the age of 60 after her lover of 30 years has died and left her comfortably well off. But when Harriet opens a bookstore for women in a blue-collar neighborhood of Boston, she is viciously attacked for her lesbianism. Ms. Sarton's powerful potrayal of the shy, reserved woman's battle becomes a moving statement about the place of the outsider in our world-and the necessity of following the human heart.'

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393026957
• ISBN13: 9780393026955
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

inspirational

This book may not be a portrait of extreme left wing revolutionaries, but it is about real people, fighting the real struggle of day to day life in world which chooses not to understand. Sarton's characters are magnificent. Harriet's determination to succeed and survive is truly an inspiration.