The Crosswicks Journal Book 3, the Irrational Season

by Madeleine L'Engle

Paperback, 1979

Status

Available

Publication

Harpercollins (1979), Edition: 5

Description

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. 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'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'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'Engle including rare images from the author's estate.  … (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member mahallett
too religion oriented for me. started, had to return before finishing, now done.
LibraryThing member deldevries
Well written and easy to read.

pages 48 and 49 contain the full text of an essay on marriage that has been excerpted down to a paragraph and used as a wedding reading. The full version has lots more details!
LibraryThing member carlahaunted
Wonderful...like having a breakfast nook or walk through the woods talk with Madeleine--the talk began about the liturgical year as delineated in the Book of Common Prayer, but has delightfully swerved back and fro to physics then troublesome Bible stories to family politics then the place in our
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society for the very young and the very old...
The coffee grows tepid, the dog bashes ahead in the brush. The talk continues and weaves and braids. There is always more coffee, and the dog knows the way, and is only following his nature. All is well.
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Language

Original publication date

1977

Physical description

8.43 inches

ISBN

0866839461 / 9780866839464

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autobiography
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