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LIBRA PS3537.A832 A8
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sarton, May, 1912-1995.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 133 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Norton, [1973]
- Summary:
- 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 powerful climax wins a terrible victory. "I shared the anger and the righteous indignation which I felt behind every line".--Madeleine L'Engle.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0393083721
- OCLC:
- 624142
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