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Plant Dreaming Deep Paperback – September 17, 1996

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May Sarton describes living at her eighteenth-century house in Nelson, New Hampshire―how she acquired it, how it and the garden became part of her.

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    0393315517
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"A drama of self-integration. . . . An enlarging, enriching, and clarifying experience."
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"Sensitive, luminous. . . . Love is the genius of this small, but tender and often poignant, book by a woman of many insights."
― Brooks Atkinson, New York Times Book Review

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The house May Sarton bought a decade ago in Nelson, N. H., was built in the 18th century; many people had lived in it before she did. But to judge by what she has written in a sensitive, luminous book...the house reflects her tastes and style now-immaculate and orderly, traditional, with overtones of grace and charm...Love is the genius of this small, but tender and often poignant, book by a woman of many insights.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; Reissue edition (September 17, 1996)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 190 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393315517
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393315516
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.3 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 213 ratings

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May Sarton is the pen name of Eleanore Marie Sarton (May 3, 1912 – July 16, 1995), an American poet, novelist, and memoirist. Her parents were science historian George Sarton and his wife, the English artist Mabel Eleanor Elwes. In 1915, her family moved to Boston, Massachusetts. She went to school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and started theatre lessons in her late teens. In 1945 she met her partner for the next thirteen years, Judy Matlack, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They separated in 1956, when Sarton's father died and Sarton moved to Nelson, New Hampshire. Honey in the Hive (1988) is about their relationship. Sarton later moved to York, Maine. She died of breast cancer on July 16, 1995. She is buried in Nelson, New Hampshire.

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Customers find the book's writing style clear and easy to read. They find the story interesting and thought-provoking, with simple yet wondrous examples of life. Many describe it as a great, hard-to-put-down read that is calming and inspirational. The pacing is described as quiet and peaceful, like watching a gorgeous sunset.

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11 customers mention "Writing style"11 positive0 negative

Customers find the writing style clear and easy to read. They appreciate the descriptive language and poems that are relatable.

"...As a writer Sarton seems to have a nice gentle natural writing style...." Read more

"...Easy to read - very descriptive but not overly and she understands perfectly my love of quiet solitude." Read more

"this book is so well written and a most interesting read. I love gardening and her description of plants is unique and interesting ...." Read more

"...This does not disappoint, the language, the description of life, home, work, friends, and garden.. so serene, so fine, so much clarity of word and..." Read more

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Customers find the book insightful and interesting. They appreciate the author's simple yet wondrous examples of life. The accounts of her life, times, joys, and struggles are wonderful. Readers appreciate the author's rich understanding of the rhythm of nature and how she lives in harmony with it. Overall, they find the book comforting and easy to read.

"...Overall, I found it quite interesting." Read more

"...A beautiful and insightful story of the meaning of home and the process of aging...." Read more

"...I am always made calm and serene by her words and her simple yet wondrous examples of life living each day to its fullest...." Read more

"Loved her style and the amazing stories related to her adjusting to solitary life in New Hampshire...." Read more

9 customers mention "Readability"9 positive0 negative

Customers find the book engaging and easy to read. They find it interesting and calming.

"...and practice of gardening interconnect all the elements of this wonderful book." Read more

"I found this book very calming to read. I was honestly a little surprised to like it as much as I did but it is a favorite now...." Read more

"...May Sarton is a delicious read. I read this book to renew my soul. I'm just going to have to get a better copy of it." Read more

"this book is so well written and a most interesting read. I love gardening and her description of plants is unique and interesting ...." Read more

7 customers mention "Pacing"7 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's pacing. They find it peaceful, calming, and inspirational. The author understands their love of quiet solitude and writes beautifully.

"...It is quiet and reflective with zero attempts at humor. That in itself may not be everyone's cup of tea...." Read more

"...to read - very descriptive but not overly and she understands perfectly my love of quiet solitude." Read more

"...I am always made calm and serene by her words and her simple yet wondrous examples of life living each day to its fullest...." Read more

"...language, the description of life, home, work, friends, and garden.. so serene, so fine, so much clarity of word and thought...peaceful" Read more

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Customers appreciate the book's beauty. They find it peaceful, reflective, and exquisite.

"...A beautiful and insightful story of the meaning of home and the process of aging...." Read more

"...Sarton uses to tell her reflections is like her garden - pure, beautiful and fragrantly alive...." Read more

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  • Grumple Dumple
    5.0 out of 5 stars My First Sarton Book!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2007
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    This is the first May Sarton book I ever read.

    In this journal Sarton describes buying and moving into an 18th century broken-down house on thirty-six acres in a small New Hampshire village.

    She chronicles for us the many varied emotions and pressures involved with getting the house repaired and renovated to her liking.

    She describes moving in and then adapting (both as a writer and as a human being) to the solitude of living there alone.

    She describes her relationships with many of the people (some of whom are unusual characters) that she comes to know living in Nelson.

    She does very well in communicating all the sensory impressions that she experienced living right in the heart of nature and the outdoors.

    I read it a chapter a day so that I could allow it to sink in slowly.

    All chapters seemed well-paced (and not too long nor too short) and I didn't get bored anywhere along the way.

    As a writer Sarton seems to have a nice gentle natural writing style.

    I liked this (my first Sarton book) so much that I intend to read much more of her work.

    I recommend this journal to you.
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  • Garden Girl
    4.0 out of 5 stars A reflective journey of finding,and making, a home.
    Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2015
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    I liked this memoir. It touched upon a variety of topics in her life and in her quest to find a place to call home. It is quiet and reflective with zero attempts at humor. That in itself may not be everyone's cup of tea. It portrays a slower and quieter sort of life that is not as prevalent as when the author pursued it in the 1950s. Overall, I found it quite interesting.
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  • Chowder Head
    5.0 out of 5 stars ) A beautiful and insightful story of the meaning of home and ...
    Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2015
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    I was completely unfamiliar with May Sarton's work but now I want to read everything she's written. (If only more of her work was available in e-format.) A beautiful and insightful story of the meaning of home and the process of aging. The art and practice of gardening interconnect all the elements of this wonderful book.
    8 people found this helpful
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  • Tiger
    5.0 out of 5 stars A calming, inspirational read.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2016
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    I found this book very calming to read. I was honestly a little surprised to like it as much as I did but it is a favorite now. I am thankful to my bookclub friend for recommending it.
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  • dfi
    5.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading and rereading
    Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2019
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    I’ve read this several times over the years, lost my paperback copy, and recently bought it again for kindle. May Sarton is an author who notices, and what she’s noticing here is Nelson, NH in the 1950’/60’s.
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  • karen morgan
    3.0 out of 5 stars I love Plant Dreaming Deep
    Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2016
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    This book came with a big gash right in the middle of the front cover. I love Plant Dreaming Deep. It has three themes that speak to me: gardening, nesting, and family history. May Sarton is a delicious read. I read this book to renew my soul. I'm just going to have to get a better copy of it.
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  • Pamys
    4.0 out of 5 stars Love May Sarton
    Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2013
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    I have read a lot of books by May Sarton. They are written in a manner that makes me feel as if I am sitting across from her and she is just talking to me. Easy to read - very descriptive but not overly and she understands perfectly my love of quiet solitude.
    7 people found this helpful
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  • Deborah Spendley
    5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite writers!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2015
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    May Sarton was introduced to me by a wise and wonderful friend. I have read many of her novels and always feel that I am "LIVING" her moments of life at the time of the writings. I am always made calm and serene by her words and her simple yet wondrous examples of life living each day to its fullest. She is an American icon of memoir and poetry writing.
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  • Janey Riad
    5.0 out of 5 stars must have for anyones library
    Reviewed in Canada on August 3, 2014
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    a wonderful sensitive book written so beautifully my grandmother was from New England and I loved hearing her phrases ahain after all these years the book has a timeless universality of experience to it anyone reading it will fine themselves saying YES many times and will fine themselves compelled to stop and reread a phrase or paragraph for the sheer beauty of its exquisite composition and thought
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