Ebook {Epub PDF} As We Are Now by May Sarton

A searing look at the hopelessness of despair, loneliness and old age, May Sarton's As We Are Now is a powerful study of a woman's resolve to relinquish herself by any means possible from the depths of the anger and anguish she feels from her surroundings. Told through the journals of Caro Spencer who has moved into a "home," not due to a lack of mental strength but of a physical frailty that leaves her 4/5. As We Are Now by May Sarton, ISBN , Compare new and used books prices among online bookstores. Find the lowest price.  · As We Are Now - May Sarton Do you think Caro's solution was appropriate? " I didn't know you were a dirty old woman. At least the old men think about women they aren't filthy like you" " This is no place for queers like you." Do you think she had the right to decide how the other.

As we are now by May Sarton, unknown edition, A novel in the form of a diary, this story tells of Caroline Spencer, a year-old retired schoolteacher who has suffered a heart attack and been deposited by relatives in an old people's home. Buy As We Are Now by May Sarton online at Alibris. We have new and used copies available, in 5 editions - starting at $ Shop now. 'As We Are Now' by May Sarton - A Book Analysis Brief Summary On attempting to acquaint the general modern society of the injustice and abusive disrespect shown towards the old and the disabled, May Sarton authored 'As We Are Now', a story of the year old Caroline 'Caro' Spencer who, upon retirement from teaching, is put into Twin Elms for not having good terms of relation.

As We Are Now by May Sarton, ISBN , Compare new and used books prices among online bookstores. Find the lowest price. As We Are Now - May Sarton Do you think Caro's solution was appropriate? " I didn't know you were a dirty old woman. At least the old men think about women they aren't filthy like you" " This is no place for queers like you." Do you think she had the right to decide how the other. 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 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.