
May Sarton's sixty-sixth year, 1978-79, was a difficult time: a cherished relationship came to an end, she had a mastectomy, she fought against depression. But, she writes, When there is personal darkness, when there is a pain to be overcome, when we are forced to renew ourselves...

May Sarton's 66th year, 1978-1979, was a difficult time: a cherished relationship had come to an end; she had a mastectomy; she fought against depression. How her friendships, her love of the natural world, and her growing audience of readers brought her back is the focus of...

May Sarton's sixty-sixth year, 1978-79, was a difficult time: a cherished relationship came to an end, she had a mastectomy, she fought against depression. But, she writes, "When there is personal darkness, when there is a pain to be overcome, when we are forced to renew ourselves...
