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(0)Charlotte Jones Voiklis
Author
Series
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
"It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother were in the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger. 'Wild nights are my glory,' the unearthly stranger told them. 'I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract.' A tesseract...
Author
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1090L
Physical Desc
162 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This elegant and insightful biography of Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) was written by her granddaughters, Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Léna Roy. Using never-before-seen archival materials that include photographs, poems, letters, and journal entries from when Madeleine was a child until just after the publication of her classic, A Wrinkle in Time, her granddaughters weave together an in-depth and unique view of the famous writer. It is a story of...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 800L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Madeleine L'Engle was very small, she marvelled at the stars. They guided her throughout her life, making her feel part of a big and exciting world, even when she felt alone. They made her want to ask big questions-Why are we here? What is my place in the universe?-and let her imagination take flight. Books, too, were like stars-asking questions and proposing answers. Books kept Madeleine company, and soon, she began to write and share her own....
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Language
English
Description
This powerful collection of short stories from the beloved author of A Wrinkle in Time--curated by one of L'Engle's granddaughters--traces an emotional arc inspired by Madeleine L'Engle's early life and career. From her lonely childhood in New York to her life as a mother in small-town Connecticut, each story illustrates how L'Engle's personal experiences and stormy faith informed the creation of her many cherished works. A child learns, for the first...