The Journals of May Sarton Volume One: Journal of a Solitude, Plant Dreaming Deep, and Recovering

Now in one volume: Three exquisite meditations on nature, healing, and the pleasures of the solitary life from a New York Timesbestselling author.

In a long life spent recording her personal observations, poet, novelist, and memoirist May Sarton redefined the journal as a literary form.

This extraordinary volume collects three of her most beloved works.

Journal of a Solitude: Sarton's bestselling memoir chronicles a solitary year spent at the house she bought and renovated in the quiet village of Nelson, New Hampshire.

Her revealing insights are a moving and profound reflection on creativity, oneness with nature, and the courage it takes to be alone.

Plant Dreaming Deep: Sarton's intensely personal account of how she transformed a dilapidated eighteenth-century farmhouse into a home is a loving, beautifully crafted memoir illuminated by themes of friendship, love, nature, and the struggles of the creative life.

Recovering: In this affecting diary of one year's hardships and healing, Sarton focuses on her sixty-sixth year, which was marked by the turmoil of a mastectomy, the end of a treasured relationship, and the loneliness that visits a life of chosen solitude. By turns uplifting, cathartic, and revelatory, Sarton's journals still strike a chord in the hearts of contemporary readers.

Through them, in the words of the Los Angeles Times, ';we are able to see our own experiences reflected in hers and we are enriched.'