Encore

The bestselling author and newly minted octogenarian “demonstrates that old age can be a vibrant and liberating experience . . . fearless and triumphant” ( Publishers Weekly ). On the second day of her 80th year, May Sarton began a new journal. She wrote it because she wanted “to go on a little while longer;” to discover “what is really happening to me.” This triumphant sequel to Endgame —Sarton’s journal of her 79th year—is filled with the comforting minutiae of daily life, from gardening to pl