Plant Dreaming Deep

by May Sarton

Paperback, 1996

Status

Available

Call number

818.5203 Sar

Series

Sarton Journals (3)

Genres

Biography & Memoir

Biography

Publication

W. W. Norton & Company (1996), Edition: Reissue, 192 pages

Description

The author's tribute to the 18th-century New England farmhouse she called home: "[A] tender and often poignant book by a woman of many insights" (The New York Times Book Review). In Plant Dreaming Deep, Sarton shares an intensely personal account of transforming a house into a home. She begins with an introduction to the enchanting village of Nelson, where she first meets her house. Sarton finds she must "dream the house alive" inside herself before taking the major step of signing the deed. She paints the walls white in order to catch the light and searches for the precise shade of yellow for the kitchen floor. She discovers peace and beauty in solitude, whether she is toiling in the garden or writing at her desk. This is a loving, beautifully crafted memoir illuminated by themes of friendship, love, nature, and the struggles of the creative life. This ebook features an extended biography of May Sarton.… (more)

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LibraryThing member JaneReading

This may be another "perfect book." May Sarton combines a capacity for reflection and introspection with an eye for what feels important in the exterior world, and her clear and honest voice resonates with truth and relevance, regardless of the time and distance between us. I hadn't read anything

of hers in years, and picked this sorry old paperback up at a library sale for a quarter, thinking it was a good lightweight short-span read for my pocket on the train. Of course I'd forgotten how readable she is - she hooked me in the first couple pages and it's like finding an old friend once again, just as fresh and interesting and deeply familiar as ever. Thank you May Sarton!... Now I just have to try to keep myself from gobbling it up so I can save it for those train rides!

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LibraryThing member jarvenpa

There is something about books that are about houses and gardens that captures my soul. This is my favorite May Sarton, because the story of the creation of this home space is so..bright, so luscious. A book in which the floor boards seem to have a particular character. And the gardens, the

interior and the exterior. And the heart. The passion of the ordinary. Love it.

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