The House by the Sea
A Journal
Published on 22. July 2014
285 pages
978-1-4976-4635-3 (ISBN)
Description
The author and poet's graceful elegy about life, love, work, and growing older: "The most moving and the most thoughtful [of her] journal-memoirs" (
The Plain Dealer, Cleveland).
When May Sarton uprooted her life after fifteen years in the refurbished New Hampshire house with the garden she tended so lovingly, she relied solely on instinct. And something told her it was time to move on. Accompanied by her wild cat, Bramble, and Tamas, a Shetland shepherd puppy-the first dog she ever owned-Sarton embarked on the next chapter of her life.
The house she chose by the sea in the Maine village of York is completely isolated except during the summer months. Surrounded by nothing but endless ocean, woods, and vast skies, Sarton experiences a rare sense of peace. She creates a new garden and fears that in this tranquil state, she may never write again. But in her solitude-with its occasional interruptions for trips away and visits from friends-she realizes that creativity is constantly renewing itself. This journal offers fascinating insight into a remarkable woman and the work and friendships that form the twin pillars of her life.
This ebook features an extended biography of May Sarton.
When May Sarton uprooted her life after fifteen years in the refurbished New Hampshire house with the garden she tended so lovingly, she relied solely on instinct. And something told her it was time to move on. Accompanied by her wild cat, Bramble, and Tamas, a Shetland shepherd puppy-the first dog she ever owned-Sarton embarked on the next chapter of her life.
The house she chose by the sea in the Maine village of York is completely isolated except during the summer months. Surrounded by nothing but endless ocean, woods, and vast skies, Sarton experiences a rare sense of peace. She creates a new garden and fears that in this tranquil state, she may never write again. But in her solitude-with its occasional interruptions for trips away and visits from friends-she realizes that creativity is constantly renewing itself. This journal offers fascinating insight into a remarkable woman and the work and friendships that form the twin pillars of her life.
This ebook features an extended biography of May Sarton.
More details
Person
May Sarton (1912-1995) was born on May 3 in Wondelgem, Belgium, and grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her first volume of poetry,
Encounters in April, was published in 1937 and her first novel,
The Single Hound, in 1938.Her novels
A Shower of Summer Days,
The Birth of a Grandfather, and
Faithful Are the Wounds, as well as her poetry collection
In Time Like Air, all receivednominations for the National Book Award.
An accomplished memoirist, Sarton came out as a lesbian in her 1965 book Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing. Her memoir Journal of a Solitude(1973) was an account of her experiences as a female artist.Sarton spent her later years in York, Maine, living and writing by the sea. In her last memoir, Endgame: A Journal of the Seventy-Ninth Year(1992), she shares her own personal thoughts on getting older. Her final poetry collection, Coming into Eighty, was published in 1994.Sarton died on July 16, 1995, in York, Maine.
An accomplished memoirist, Sarton came out as a lesbian in her 1965 book Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing. Her memoir Journal of a Solitude(1973) was an account of her experiences as a female artist.Sarton spent her later years in York, Maine, living and writing by the sea. In her last memoir, Endgame: A Journal of the Seventy-Ninth Year(1992), she shares her own personal thoughts on getting older. Her final poetry collection, Coming into Eighty, was published in 1994.Sarton died on July 16, 1995, in York, Maine.
Content
- Cover Page
- Dedication
- Preface
- Wednesday, November 13th, 1974
- Saturday, November 16th
- Monday, November 18th
- Tuesday, November 19th
- Wednesday, November 20th
- Monday, November 25th
- Friday, November 29th
- Sunday, December 1st
- Tuesday, December 3rd
- Wednesday, December 4th
- Thursday, December 5th
- Tuesday, December 10th
- Wednesday, December 18th
- Christmas Day
- Tuesday, December 31st
- Wednesday, January 1st, 1975
- Monday, January 6th
- Tuesday, January 7th
- Monday, January 13th
- Sunday, January 19th
- Tuesday, January 28th
- Wednesday, January 29th
- Thursday, January 30th
- Monday, February 3rd
- Tuesday, February 4th
- Thursday, February 6th
- Saturday, February 8th, four P.M
- Friday, February 14th
- Monday, February 17th
- Tuesday, February 18th
- Monday, February 24th
- Wednesday, February 26th
- Tuesday, March 4th
- Friday, March 7th
- Sunday, March 16th
- Monday, May 5th
- Friday, May 23rd
- Tuesday, May 27th
- Monday, June 2nd
- Saturday, June 7th
- Monday, June 9th
- Thursday, June 12th
- Friday, June 13th
- Monday, June 16th
- Tuesday, June 17th
- Tuesday, June 24th
- Wednesday, June 25th
- Monday, June 30th
- Saturday, July 5th
- Tuesday, July 8th
- Friday, July 11th
- Monday, July 21st
- Tuesday, July 22nd
- Sunday, July 27th
- Sunday, August 3rd
- Monday, August 11th
- Wednesday, August 13th
- Thursday, August 14th
- Saturday, August 16th
- Monday, August 18th
- Thursday, August 21st
- Sunday, August 24th
- Thursday, August 28th
- Tuesday, September 2nd
- Saturday, September 6th
- Friday, September 12th
- Tuesday, September 16th
- Saturday, September 27th
- Monday, September 29th
- Tuesday, October 7th
- Tuesday evening, October 7th
- Wednesday, October 8th
- Thursday, October 16th
- Wednesday, October 22nd
- Monday, October 27th
- Thursday, October 30th
- Thursday, November 13th
- Friday, November 21st
- Wednesday, December 10th
- Monday, December 22nd
- Sunday, December 28th
- Wednesday, December 31st
- Tuesday, January 6th, 1976
- Thursday, January 8th
- Monday, January 12th
- Tuesday, January 13th
- Thursday, January 15th
- Monday, January 19th
- Wednesday, January 21st
- Thursday, January 22nd
- Friday, January 23rd
- Tuesday, January 27th
- Monday, February 2nd
- Tuesday, February 3rd
- Thursday, February 5th
- Sunday, February 8th
- Thursday, February 12th
- Monday, February 23rd
- Friday, February 27th
- Sunday, March 7th
- Tuesday, March 9th
- Thursday, March 11th
- Tuesday, March 16th
- Wednesday, March 17th
- Friday, March 19th
- Thursday, March 25th
- Tuesday, March 30th
- Wednesday, March 31st
- Friday, April 9th
- Saturday, April 10th
- Monday, April 12th
- Monday, April 19th
- Sunday, April 25th
- Wednesday, April 28th
- Thursday, April 29th
- Friday, April 30th
- Monday, May 3rd
- Tuesday, May 4th
- Thursday, May 6th
- Friday, May 7th
- Sunday, May 9th
- Monday, May 10th
- Thursday, May 13th
- Sunday, May 16th
- Wednesday, May 19th
- Tuesday, May 25th
- Friday, May 28th
- Wednesday, June 2nd
- Friday, June 4th
- Sunday, June 6th
- Thursday, June 10th
- Sunday, June 13th
- Monday, June 21st
- Saturday, July 3rd
- Monday, July 5th
- Thursday, July 8th
- Saturday, July 10th
- Tuesday, July 13th
- Sunday, July 18th
- Monday, August 9th
- Tuesday, August 10th
- Thursday, August 12th
- Tuesday, August 17th
- A Biography of May Sarton
- Copyright Page
