After the Stroke - A Journal

In her 75th year, Sarton's long career was undergoing a substantial revival as a new generation discovered her work. Delighted at this growing readership, she looked forward to a good year - until she suffered a stroke. Barred from her writing and her beloved garden, she struggles with pain, loneliness and depression. This journal, the record of her fight back to health and independence, became her 'survival kit'.