num_pages: 284
description: "This distinguished poet/essayist. . .describes poignantly the long, anxious days. . . .A lyrical, candid, sensitive spirit pervades this chronicle, which ends with Sarton well again, rejoicing in the present and putting the past behind her." ― Publishers Weekly The author chronicles her efforts to regain her health after having suffered a stroke at the age of seventy-three, describes her self-proclaimed life of solitude, and offers keen observations on the natural world surrounding her.
language: English
title: After the Stroke: A Journal
titlecomplete: After the Stroke: A Journal
genres: Biography, Journal, Nonfiction, Memoir, LGBT
ratings_count: 190
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company