A Circle of Quiet

I loved every page of this book. There is just so much wisdom about life and writing and faith. And I loved seeing all the moments from Madeleine L'Engle's life that appeared in her books. I definitely need to read it again to absorb more.

Short Review: I picked this up looking for a book of wisdom. That is what I found. It is meandering. There are a ton of threads that do not always come together. But this is essentially an edited journal. It is not supposed to have a plot or action, it is supposed to be reflections on life. It is in those reflections that wisdom comes in. And that is what I found.

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I loved this book so much! And reading this reminds me of how much I love Madeleine L'Engle and how much I want to read (and re-read) everything she wrote!

I shouldn't really be surprised given how much I love L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time books. And this book gives us her thoughts on everything from theology, writing, children's education, writing books for children vs. adults, and more.

There is also encouragement here for those who want to see their own books published: A Wrinkle in Time was rejected 26 times before it was published!

“A Wrinkle in Time was almost never published. You can't name a major publisher who didn't reject it. And there were many reasons. One was that it was supposedly too hard for children. Well, my children were 7, 10, and 12 while I was writing it. I'd read to them at night what I'd written during the day, and they'd say, “Ooh, mother, go back to the typewriter!” A Wrinkle in Time had a female protagonist in a science fiction book, and that wasn't done. And it dealt with evil and things that you don't find, or didn't at that time, in children's books. When we'd run through forty-odd publishers, my agent sent it back. We gave up.” - L'Engle

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