Description: Joanna's holiday on the little Greek island of Santorini was meant to be a solitary one in which she would recover from the bitterness of the Greek war and her mothers's death--until she adopted Ulysses, the mistreated little donkey.
Brief description: May Sarton (1912-1995) was an acclaimed poet, novelist, and memoirist.
Review Quotes: Miss Sarton is particularly adept at presenting intelligent women intelligently: Joanna is a fine addition to her gallery of portraits. She is famous, too, for catching the flavor of background, and she gives us the fresh, gull-white, wind-bright bravery of the Greek islands indelibly. She is an aristocrat whose patent is clarity of mind.-- "Book Week"