As We Are Now: A Novel
, by Sarton, MayNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780393309577 | 0393309576
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/17/1992
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.