A Live Coal in the Sea
Author: Madeleine L’Engle
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 and mercy in one family’s confrontation with a legacy of evil.Best known for A Wrinkle in Time — the children’s classic that has sold more than 2 million copies since 1962 — Madele….Read More
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