As We Are Now

So begins May Sarton's short, swift blow of a novel, about the powerlessness of the old and the rage it can bring. As We Are Now tells the story of Caroline Spencer, a 76-year-old retired schoolteacher, mentally strong but physically frail, who has been moved by relatives into a "home." Subjected to subtle humiliations and petty cruelties, sustained for too short a time by the love of another person, she fights back with all she has, and in a powerful climax wins a terrible victory.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 10/17/1992
ISBN: 9780393309577
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.28h x 5.62w x 0.35d