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Book Reviews of May Sarton : Biography

May Sarton : Biography
May Sarton Biography
Author: Margot Peters
ISBN-13: 9780449907986
ISBN-10: 0449907988
Publication Date: 6/23/1998
Pages: 474
Rating:
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4 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
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This is (the back cover claims) "the first, completely authorized biography of novelist, poet, and feminist May Sarton." A big paperback, 399 pages long, plus Notes and an Index. This was a book given to me by someone who did not read it, and, not liking Sarton's work very much, except for her story of a cat, entitled "The Fur Person," I merely skimmed here and there in the biography. My main impression is of how many (women) lovers Sarton had, and how they all (especially Sarton, with her selfishness and terrible rages), made each other miserable.

I ended, after reading this book, by disliking Sarton altogether and getting rid of all her books that I had, except for "The Fur Person."