<div>An investigation into the nature of God and creativity from the author of the Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, with an introduction by Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle. From the first pages of Genesis, it is clear that God and man share one vital trait: the ability to create great works out of nothing. More than any other group, artists feel impelled to create, and this urge brings them closer to God. By contemplating the creative drive of humanity, we can better understand the works of God, and by reading deeply into the tenets of Christianity, we can better understand the creative spirit of man. Dorothy L. Sayers explores the concept of the Holy Trinity within the context of invention: the creative idea, the creative energy, and the creative power. In this searching, wide-ranging treatise, one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century shows us what it means to be an artist&mdash;and what it takes to make humankind.</div>

The Mind of the Maker

<div>The beloved author of A Wrinkle in Time takes an introspective look at her life and muses on creativity in this memoir, the first of her Crosswicks Journals. Every so often I need OUT. . . . My special place is a small brook in a green glade, a circle of quiet from which there is no visible sign of human beings. . . . I sit there, dangling my legs and looking through the foliage at the sky reflected in the water, and things slowly come back into perspective. Set against the lush backdrop of Crosswicks, her family&rsquo;s farmhouse in rural Connecticut, this deeply personal memoir details Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle&rsquo;s journey to find balance between her career as a Newbery Medal&ndash;winning author and her responsibilities as a wife, mother, teacher, and Christian. As she considers the roles that creativity, family, citizenship, and faith play in her life, L&rsquo;Engle reveals the complexities behind the author whose works&mdash;honored with the National Book Award, the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and countless other prizes&mdash;have long been cherished by children and adults alike. Written in simple, profound, and often humorous prose, A Circle of Quiet is an insightful woman&rsquo;s elegant search for the meaning and purpose of her life. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle including rare images from the author&rsquo;s estate. </div>

A Circle of Quiet

<div>A poignant meditation on the bonds between mothers and daughters&mdash;and the inescapable effects of time&mdash;from the author of A Wrinkle in Time. In the second memoir of her Crosswicks Journals, Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle chronicles a season of extremes. Four generations of family have gathered at Crosswicks, her Connecticut farmhouse, to care for L&rsquo;Engle&rsquo;s ninety-year-old mother. As summer days fade to sleepless nights, her mother&rsquo;s health rapidly declines and her once astute mind slips into senility. With poignant honesty, L&rsquo;Engle describes the gifts and graces, as well as the painful emotional cost, of caring for the one who once cared for you. As she spends her days with a mother who barely resembles the competent and vigorous woman who bore and raised her, L&rsquo;Engle delves into her memories, reflecting on the lives of the strong women in her family&rsquo;s history. Evoking both personal experiences and universal themes, The Summer of the Great-Grandmother takes an unflinching look at diminishment and death, all the while celebrating the wonder of life. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle including rare images from the author&rsquo;s estate. </div>

The Summer of the Great-Grandmother

<div>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&rsquo;Engle as &ldquo;an author whose childhood fables, religious meditations and fanciful science fiction transcended both genre and generation.&rdquo; L&rsquo;Engle has long captivated and provoked readers by exploring the intersection of science and religion in her work. In this intimate memoir, the award-winning author uncovers how her spiritual convictions inform and enrich the everyday. The Irrational Season follows the liturgical year from one Advent to the next, with L&rsquo;Engle reflecting on the changing seasons in her own life as a writer, wife, mother, and global citizen. Unafraid to discuss controversial topics and address challenging questions, L&rsquo;Engle writes from the heart in this compelling chronicle of her spiritual quest to renew and refresh her faith in an ever-changing world and her ever-changing personhood. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle including rare images from the author&rsquo;s estate. </div>

The Irrational Season

<div>In the final memoir of her Crosswicks Journals, the author of A Wrinkle in Time paints an intimate portrait of her forty-year marriage. A long-term marriage has to move beyond chemistry to compatibility, to friendship, to companionship. As Newbery Medal winner Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle describes a relationship characterized by compassion, respect, and growth, as well as challenge and conflict, she beautifully evokes the life she and her husband, actor Hugh Franklin, built and the family they cherished. Beginning with their very different childhoods, L&rsquo;Engle chronicles the twists and turns that led two young artists to New York City in the 1940s, where they were both pursuing careers in theater. While working on a production of Anton Chekov&rsquo;s The Cherry Orchard, they sparked a connection that would endure until Franklin&rsquo;s death in 1986. L&rsquo;Engle recalls years spent raising their children at Crosswicks, the Connecticut farmhouse that became an icon of family, and the support she and her husband drew from each other as artists struggling&mdash;separately and together&mdash;to find both professional and personal fulfillment. At once heartfelt and heartbreaking, Two-Part Invention is L&rsquo;Engle&rsquo;s most personal work&mdash;the revelation of a marriage and the exploration of intertwined lives inevitably marked by love and loss. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle including rare images from the author&rsquo;s estate.</div>

Two-Part Invention

<div>&ldquo;An unusual and beautiful book,&rdquo; the first novel by the bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time explores the life of a young artist (Los Angeles Times). At only ten years old, Katherine Forrester has already experienced her fair share of upheaval. It has been three years since she last saw her mother, a concert pianist whose career was cut short by a terrible accident. After a brief reunion, tragedy strikes once more, forcing Katherine from the familiarity of New York City to a foreign Swiss boarding school. Far from home, she struggles with the challenges of growing up. Stifled by her daily routine and the pettiness of her classmates, Katherine&rsquo;s piano lessons with a gifted young teacher provide an anchor in the storm. After graduation, she follows in her mother&rsquo;s footsteps, pursuing a career as a pianist in Greenwich Village. There, she must learn to reconcile her blossoming relationship with her fianc&eacute; with the one consistent and dominant force in her life: music. Inspired by the author&rsquo;s time living among artists, The Small Rain follows Katherine&rsquo;s journey from a distraught girl to an exuberant and talented woman with the breadth and poignancy that defines Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle&rsquo;s signature style. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle including rare images from the author&rsquo;s estate. </div>

The Small Rain

<div>A retired musician returns to performing in this &ldquo;soul-satisfying&rdquo; novel from the award-winning author of A Wrinkle in Time (Norman Lear). Now in her seventies, Katherine Vigneras, n&eacute;e Forrester, has returned to New York City after a successful career touring as a concert pianist in Europe. Much has changed for Katherine: She is widowed and retired, and has lived through the harrowing years of World War II. But when she encounters an old face from her youth in Greenwich Village, Katherine finds herself agreeing to perform at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, an endeavor that proves to be unexpectedly rewarding&mdash;and challenging. Touching and thought-provoking, A Severed Wasp explores the ebbs and flows in the life of an artist, and continues the story of the singular character who began Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle&rsquo;s accomplished career as a writer in her debut novel, The Small Rain. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle including rare images from the author&rsquo;s estate. </div>

A Severed Wasp

<div>The bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time takes a fantastical look at the childhood of Jesus in two allegories set in an Egyptian village. In &ldquo;Pakko&rsquo;s Camel,&rdquo; Yehoshuah, the poor son of a carpenter, befriends Pakko, the arrogant son of a rich merchant. Yehoshuah cares for of Pakko&rsquo;s camel and shares with him the knowledge of the precious gifts he received from three wise men. But when Yehoshuah&rsquo;s treasures are taken, he quickly learns that all gifts have a price. In &ldquo;The Sphinx at Dawn,&rdquo; Yehoshuah and his camel journey into the desert, where they come across the monstrous, hungry Sphinx. Intrigued and unafraid, Yehoshuah endeavors to answer the Sphinx&rsquo;s riddles&mdash;and in doing so, he begins the real journey of a man with an incredible destiny. Known for both her literary accomplishments as a winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award, and her spiritual outlook, Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle presents two affecting and inspiring tales for readers of any age. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle including rare images from the author&rsquo;s estate. </div>

The Sphinx at Dawn

<div>Long out of print, the second novel by the bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time looks at the darker side of love in a Southern town. From the moment Henry Porcher first sees Ilsa Brandes, he worships her. Despite controversy surrounding the young girl, Henry is drawn to her, a fascination that turns into a lifelong infatuation. As the years pass, Ilsa&rsquo;s memory never leaves him, not until the day he returns to their sleepy Southern hometown and renews their childhood friendship. Henry watches as she becomes a wife, then a mother, then a widow, irrevocably changed by tragedy. Out of print for nearly six decades, this rare and sought-after novel is a portrait of a remarkable woman bound by both the stifling conventions of her time and place, and her own sense of honor and purpose. A departure from L&rsquo;Engle&rsquo;s later works, Ilsa is a dark, intriguing novel about passion, fixation, and the real price of unrequited love by an author renowned for her children&rsquo;s classics as well as her candid personal memoirs. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle including rare images from the author&rsquo;s estate. </div>

Ilsa

<div>A family&rsquo;s deepest secrets are exposed in this &ldquo;haunting domestic drama&rdquo; from the award-winning author of A Wrinkle in Time (Publishers Weekly). When her teenage granddaughter comes to her with a troubling question, Camilla Dickinson must confront the painful history she&rsquo;s long kept hidden. Forced to relive her past, she relates a complex saga involving her beautiful, adulterous mother, her troubled son, and the difficult choices that have affected three generations of her family. As she goes through the difficult process of revealing her secrets, Camilla also lets go of the burden of lies she&rsquo;s told. A testament to the power of acceptance and forgiveness, A Live Coal in the Sea is ultimately an exploration of the lengths to which people will go for love&mdash;and the things they&rsquo;ll do to protect family. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle including rare images from the author&rsquo;s estate.</div>

A Live Coal in the Sea

<div>A lonely woman is torn between the bonds of family and the potential of new love in this moving novel from the author of A Wrinkle in Time. Caught somewhere between love, hate, and indifference, Emily Bowen&rsquo;s marriage is hanging on by a thread. After being let go from his job, her husband pulled away from her, and the distance continues to grow during their family&rsquo;s sabbatical in Switzerland. With their relationship as cold as the wind baying outside, Emily finds unexpected warmth in a man from her past. As she contemplates seizing the connection she&rsquo;s been craving, Emily must decide if she&rsquo;s willing to sacrifice the life she&rsquo;s built for an unseen future. Poignant and powerful, this is a timeless tale of the turmoil that comes with falling in&mdash;and out&mdash;of love, and &ldquo;a convincing story of mixed loyalties and divided affections&rdquo; (Kirkus Reviews). This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle including rare images from the author&rsquo;s estate. </div>

A Winter's Love

<div>Past and present collide in this heartfelt novel of love and loss from the National Book Award&ndash;winning author of A Wrinkle in Time. After the tragic death of her son and the seeming collapse of her marriage, Charlotte Napier flees to Portugal in the hopes of finding guidance from her mentor: her mother-in-law, Violet. Instead, she finds solace in the letters of Mariana Alcoforado, a seventeenth-century nun. Charlotte and Mariana&rsquo;s stories may be different in origin, but they share the same inner turmoil. As she reads the letters, Mariana&rsquo;s spiritual journey sheds light on Charlotte&rsquo;s own crisis. Finding inspiration in the nun&rsquo;s struggles with sin, temptation, and faith, Charlotte gains perspective on her own mind&mdash;and sets out to accept the demanding, challenging nature of love. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle including rare images from the author&rsquo;s estate. </div>

The Love Letters

<div>An award-winning author explores the meaning of family in a novel that draws parallels between the lives of a modern man and an ancient biblical king. As he struggles with cancer, legendary screen actor David Wheaton contemplates the one role that always eluded him: King David. Comparing his own life to that of the biblical ruler, David recalls his own numerous wives and children, forcing his daughter Emma to confront the memories of her family&rsquo;s unconventional past. As David&rsquo;s loved ones gather to say goodbye to their patriarch, Certain Women masterfully links past and present in an emotional story rich in dramatic tradition, showcasing the struggles&mdash;both ordinary and extraordinary&mdash;of family life. From the renowned author of A Wrinkle in Time, Certain Women is a wise and &ldquo;memorable work&rdquo; (Kirkus Reviews). This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle including rare images from the author&rsquo;s estate. </div>

Certain Women

<div>From the National Book Award&ndash;winning author of A Wrinkle in Time, an atmospheric novel of a young British bride in the American South after the Civil War. When nineteen-year-old Stella marries Theron Renier, she has no idea what kind of clan she&rsquo;s joined. Soon after their arrival at Illyria, the Reniers&rsquo; rambling beachside home, Theron is sent on a diplomatic mission, leaving Stella alone with his family. As she tries to settle into her new life, Stella quickly discovers that the Reniers are not what they seem. Trapped in a world unlike anything she&rsquo;s ever known, vulnerable Stella attempts to uncover her new family&rsquo;s dangerous secrets&mdash;and stirs up a darkness that was meant to stay buried. From the beloved, National Book Award&ndash;winning author of A Wrinkle in Time, The Other Side of the Sun showcases Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle&rsquo;s talent for involving and suspenseful storytelling. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle including rare images from the author&rsquo;s estate.</div>

The Other Side of the Sun

<div>The New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time takes an introspective look at her life and muses on creativity in these four memoirs. Set against the lush backdrop of Crosswicks, Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle&rsquo;s family farmhouse in rural Connecticut, this series of memoirs reveals the complexity behind the beloved author whose works have long been cherished by children and adults alike. A Circle of Quiet: In a deeply personal account, L&rsquo;Engle shares her journey to find balance between her career as an author and her responsibilities as a wife, mother, teacher, and Christian. The Summer of the Great-Grandmother: Four generations of family have gathered at Crosswicks to care for L&rsquo;Engle&rsquo;s ninety-year-old mother, whose health is rapidly declining and whose once astute mind is slipping into senility. L&rsquo;Engle takes an unflinching look at diminishment and death, all the while celebrating the wonder of life and the bonds between mothers and daughters. The Irrational Season: Exploring the intersection of science and religion, L&rsquo;Engle uncovers how her spiritual convictions inform and enrich the everyday. The memoir follows the liturgical year from one Advent to the next, with L&rsquo;Engle&rsquo;s reflections on the changing seasons in her own life as a writer, wife, mother, and global citizen. Two-Part Invention: L&rsquo;Engle beautifully evokes the life she and her husband, actor Hugh Franklin, built and the family they cherished. Beginning with their very different childhoods, their life in New York City in the 1940s, and their years spent raising their children at Crosswicks, this is L&rsquo;Engle&rsquo;s most personal work yet. Offering a new perspective into her writing and life and how the two inform each other, the National Book Award&ndash;winning author explores the meanings behind motherhood, marriage, and faith. </div>

The Crosswicks Journals

<div>From the National Book Award&ndash;winning author of A Wrinkle in Time, three poignant novels exploring the power of love, family, and secrets. The Other Side of the Sun: In this atmospheric novel of suspense set in the turn-of-the-century South, a nineteen-year-old British newlywed must stay with her American husband&rsquo;s family on their South Carolina estate when he is called away on a diplomatic mission. She soon discovers her in-laws are not who they appear to be&mdash;as she stirs up dark secrets that were meant to remain buried. A Live Coal in the Sea: After her teenage granddaughter poses a troubling question, Dr. Camilla Dickinson must confront the painful history she&rsquo;s long kept hidden as she relates a complex saga involving her beautiful, adulterous mother; her troubled son; and the difficult choices that have affected three generations. &ldquo;[A] haunting domestic drama.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly A Winter&rsquo;s Love: Emily Bowen&rsquo;s marriage is hanging by a thread after hardships befall her family. During their sabbatical in Switzerland, a man from her past returns, offering the affection she craves, and Emily must decide if she&rsquo;s willing to sacrifice the life she&rsquo;s built for an unseen future. &ldquo;A convincing story of mixed loyalties and divided affections.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews</div>

Madeleine L'Engle

Books By Madeleine L'Engle (16 Books)