As we are now : a novel /

A novel in the form of a diary, this story tells of Caroline Spencer, a 76-year-old retired schoolteacher who has suffered a heart attack and been deposited by relatives in an old people's home. Subjected to subtle humiliations and petty cruelties, she fights back with all she has, and in a pow...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Sarton, May, 1912-1995 (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, 1982.
Edition:	First Norton paperback [edition].
Subjects:	Older women > Fiction. Nursing home residents > Fiction. Old age homes > Fiction. Femmes âgées > Romans, nouvelles, etc. Patients d'établissements de soins, de cure, etc. > Romans, nouvelles, etc. Nursing home residents. Older women. Psychological fiction. Diary fiction.