A World of Light: Portraits and Celebrations

"Its revelations, its tender frankness, its acutely sensitive observations recommend [this book] to Sarton's growing legion of readers." —Choice

May Sarton's celebrations in this book center around the friendships that flowered in her life from age twenty-six to age forty-five—between the end of I Knew a Phoenix and the beginning of Plant Dreaming Deep. Her subjects include her father, the noted science historian George Sarton; people in the arts—Elizabeth Bowen, Louise Brogan, Jean Dominiqu...