I Knew a Phoenix: Sketches for an AutobiographySarton's memoir begins with her roots in a Belgian childhood and describes her youth and education in Cambridge, Massachusetts, her coming-of-age years, and the people who influenced her life as a writer. |
Contents
The House in the Country | 65 |
O My America | 84 |
I Knew a Phoenix in My Youth | 101 |
A Belgian School | 120 |
The High and Latin | 136 |
The Civic Repertory Theatre | 147 |
That Winter in Paris | 163 |
Impossible Campaigns | 180 |
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