As We Are Now: A Novel
by May Sarton
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Author: May SartonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-10-17
ISBN: 0393309576
Number of pages: 134
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Book Review: A short, powerful scream of despair & defiance
Summary: 5 Stars
When Caroline Spencer is stricken by a heart attack, her uncaring brother deposits her in an out-of-the-way nursing home. And "deposits" is the exact word, because Caro soon discovers that she's been discarded like yesterday's garbage, consigned to an earthly hell of incredible pettiness & personal humiliation.
When I first read this novel some 25 years ago, I was moved & outraged even then. Now that I'm older, it cuts far more deeply for me. While retirement & true old age are still in the future, that future is drawing closer with each day. And I now understand at a gut level how our culture so often despises & disposes of the elderly.
May Sarton writes in an eminently civilized style ... which ironically makes this particular novel all the more savage & unrelenting. She understands perfectly all the minute but vicious indignities & insults that the coarse wielders of power inflict on their charges. Yet she also understands how the civilized mind can find unexpected sources of renewal, if only on a brief basis.
In the end, Caro refuses to simply wither & fade in meek submission. She indeed rages against the dying of the light, in such a way that no one can pretend they don't hear her words. A harrowing novel that demands your attention -- highly recommended!
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