As we are now
Subtitle: a novel
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 1973
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 133
ISBN-13: 9780393083729
Subjects: Older women; Nursing home patients; Fiction
Description: 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.