From acclaimed writer Margot Peters comes the first, completely authorized biography of novelist, poet, and feminist May Sarton. Granted unprecedented access to personal papers and diaries, Peters gives us a compelling look at the woman who influenced a legion of readers with rich and intimate writings, and reveals the fascinating life that Sarton herself kept hidden. Beginning with a young Sarton largely ignored by her parents, Peters traces the compulsive quest for recognition and artistic inspiration that would characterize most of Sarton's life. We witness her at nineteen as she...
From acclaimed writer Margot Peters comes the first, completely authorized biography of novelist, poet, and feminist May Sarton. Granted unprecedented...
Holding a doctorate in Victorian literature and women's studies, author Margot Peters has written seven biographies of famous writers and actors. Now, she turns her talents toward her own life with this powerful new memoir and looks into the past of one of the most important women in her young life: her grandmother.
As Peters chronicles a childhood full of abuse and invective, it becomes clear that Emma wasn't your typical grandmother. Peters spent her formative years living in Emma's house-knowing no possible escape from her grandmother's insults and punishments. The only way...
Holding a doctorate in Victorian literature and women's studies, author Margot Peters has written seven biographies of famous writers and actors. N...
