Crosswicks Journals Series by Madeleine L'Engle

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  • A Circle of Quiet (Crosswicks Journals #1)
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    A Circle of Quiet (Crosswicks Journals #1)

    Madeleine L'Engle

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1971

    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.

  • The Summer of the Great-Grandmother (Crosswicks Journals #2)
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    The Summer of the Great-Grandmother (Crosswicks Journals #2)

    Madeleine L'Engle

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 1974

    A poignant meditation on the bonds between mothers and daughters—and the inescapable effects of time—from the author of A Wrinkle in Time .In the second memoir of her Crosswicks Journals, Madeleine L’Engle chronicles a season of extremes. Four generations of family have gathered at Crosswicks, her Connecticut farmhouse, to care for L’Engle’s ninety-year-old mother. As summer days fade to sleepless nights, her mother’s health rapidly declines and her once astute mind slips into senility... more

  • The Irrational Season (Crosswicks Journals #3)
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    The Irrational Season (Crosswicks Journals #3)

    Madeleine L'Engle

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1976

    The bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time contemplates the true meaning of faith in the third installment of her series of memoirs. Upon her death, the New York Times hailed Madeleine L’Engle as “an author whose childhood fables, religious meditations and fanciful science fiction transcended both genre and generation.” L’Engle has long captivated and provoked readers by exploring the intersection of science and religion in her work... more

  • The Crosswicks Journals: A Circle of Quiet, The Summer of the Great-Grandmother, The Irrational Season, and Two-Part Invention (Crosswicks Journals #1-3 omnibus)
    #1-3 omnibus

    The Crosswicks Journals: A Circle of Quiet, The Summer of the Great-Grandmother, The Irrational Season, and Two-Part Invention (Crosswicks Journals #1-3 omnibus)

    Madeleine L'Engle

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1988

    Book 1, A Circle of Quiet shares fruitful reflections on life and career prompted by the author's visit to her personal place of retreat near her country home. Book 2, The summer of the Great-Grandmother, offers a loving and poignant portrait of her mother in old age, which is more about living and dying. Book3, the Irrational Season, follows the church year from Advent to Advent, reflecting on its seasons and spiritual rhythms reflected in the life of the church and the author's own life.

  • Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage (Crosswicks Journals #4)
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    Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage (Crosswicks Journals #4)

    Madeleine L'Engle

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 1988

    "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. But this story of her marriage surpasses her best work so far. Starting with accounts of her childhood, she describes her life as a young woman in Manhattan, attracted to the theater and landing a job as an understudy touring with Eva Le Gallienne and Hugh Franklin... more

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