{"product_id":"9781497685451","title":"Recovering: A Journal","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn affecting diary of one year’s hardships and healing, by one of the twentieth century’s most extraordinary memoirists\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For decades, readers have celebrated May Sarton’s journals for their candid look at relationships, success and failure, communion with nature, and the curious stages of aging. In \u003ci\u003eRecovering\u003c\/i\u003e, Sarton focuses on her sixty-sixth year—one marked by the turmoil of a mastectomy, the end of a treasured relationship, and the loneliness that visits a life of chosen solitude. Each deeply felt entry in the journal, written between 1978 and 1979, is laced with poignancy and honesty as she grapples with a cold reception for her latest novel, the sad descent of a close friend into senility, and other struggles.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Despite the trials of this one painful year, Sarton writes of her progression toward a hard-won renewal, achieved through good friendships, the levity provided by her cherished dog, and peaceful days in her garden.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A candid account of Sarton’s revival from personal darkness back into light, \u003ci\u003eRecovering \u003c\/i\u003eis another stunning entry in the author’s irrepressible oeuvre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126888481008,"sku":"9781497685451","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781497685451_p0.jpg?v=1769896502","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781497685451","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}