A Circle of Quiet
Author: Madeleine L’Engle
This journal shares fruitful reflections on life and career prompted by the author’s visit to her personal place of retreat near her country home…..Read More
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To Dance With the White Dog
Sam Peek's children are worried. Since that "saddest day" when Cora, his beloved wife of fifty-seven good years, died, no one knows how he will survive. How can this elderly… Continue Reading Posted in: Loss (Psychology) In Old Age, Southern States, Widowers
Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage
"Since her debut with The Small Rain in 1945, L'Engle has continued to write critically acclaimed books for adults and young readers, including a Newbery Medal-winner, A Wrinkle in Time.… Continue Reading Posted in: Christian Living, Deals in Books, Franklin, Hugh, Married People, United States
Dakota: A Spiritual Geography
A beautiful meditation on life in the Great Plains from award-winning author and poet Kathleen Norris. Kathleen Norris invites readers to experience rich moments of prayer and presence in Dakota, a… Continue Reading Posted in: Biography, Customs & Traditions Social Sciences, Social Life, South Dakota, Women in History
Swiftly Tilting Planet
In this companion volume to A Wrinkle In Time (Newbery Award winner) and A Wind In The Door fifteen-year-old Charles Wallace and the unicorn Gaudior undertake a perilous journey through… Continue Reading Posted in: Children's Fantasy & Magic Books, Children's Time Travel Fiction, English Fiction, Gifted Teenagers, United States
A Live Coal in the Sea
Madeleine L'Engle's first adult novel in four years -- now in paperback! With 23,000 copies sold since May 1996, this "haunting domestic drama" (Publishers Weekly) examines the powers of faith… Continue Reading Posted in: Domestic Fiction, Mothers & Children Fiction, Psychological Fiction, Women's Psychological Fiction
Salt Dancers
From the highly acclaimed author of Stones from the River comes a breakthrough novel--a tale of one woman's journey back to her childhood through the layers of memory, fear, longing,… Continue Reading Posted in: American Fiction, Washington (State) Spokane
The Small Rain
Madeleine L'Engle's classic young adult books include A Wrinkle in Time, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, and Certain Women. The Small Rain, an adult novel, focuses on Katherine Forrester, the daughter… Continue Reading Posted in: Children's Fiction, Coming of Age Fiction, Music, Psychological Fiction
A Severed Wasp
Katherine Forrester Vigneras, in a continuation of her story from The Small Rain, returns to New York City from Europe to retire. Now in her seventies, she encounters an old… Continue Reading Posted in: 1945, American Writers, Older Women
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