A Circle of Quiet

Name: A Circle of Quiet
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Madeleine L'Engle
ISBN: 9781543629385

Author: Madeleine L'Engle

Series: The Crosswicks Journals #1

Narrator: Pamela Almand

Unabridged: 7 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 01/23/2018

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs, Religion, Christianity, Literature & The Arts

Synopsis

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’s farmhouse in rural Connecticut, this deeply personal memoir details Madeleine L’Engle’s journey to find balance between her career as a Newbery Medal-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’Engle reveals the complexities behind the author whose works—honored with the National Book Award, the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and countless other prizes—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’s elegant search for the meaning and purpose of her life.

About Madeleine L'Engle

Madeleine L’Engle, the popular author of many books for children and adults, interspersed her writing and teaching career with raising three children, maintaining an apartment in New York and a farmhouse of charming confusion which is called “Crosswicks.”

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sue on March 19, 2017

This is a perfect use for a reissue...republishing the memoir/journal of a woman who truly thought about her life, her family, her writing, teaching, and her place in the world (and not in any grandiose sense). And there is careful thought here, about not only her family, her writing, her life, but......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on June 10, 2018

Timing is everything. I was ready for this one at this time. Nothing fancy, just a long summer’s afternoon discussion with a friend. I just listened. While this book could be considered dated, I found it strangely prescient and relevant.......more

Goodreads review by Anne on August 16, 2012

Gorgeous, insightful, fascinating. Mothers and writers and thinkers should all read this first installment of the Crosswicks Journals.......more

Goodreads review by April-lyn on January 29, 2008

I've grown up reading Madeline L'Engle's writing. I don't remember exactly when I first read A Wrinkle in Time, but I think it's safe to say I was in elementry school, both exhilarated by life and by learning, and uncertain of where I fit into anything, especially with my peers. I'm just now realizi......more

Goodreads review by Christaaay on December 15, 2016

Madeleine L’Engle, beloved author of such Newbery winners as A Wrinkle in Time and A Ring of Endless Light, begins her series of four memoirs with A Circle of Quiet. About: Wife-mother-writer. This is how Madeleine refers to herself, and it’s just one of many things that make this book feel so r......more