Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time has captured the imagination of millions - from literary sensation to timeless classic and now a major motion picture starring Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Storm Reid, and Mindy Kaling. A Light So Lovely tells the story of the woman at the center of it all - her imagination, her faith, her pattern of defying categories, and what readers today can learn from her legacy.
Bestselling and beloved author Madeleine L'Engle, Newbery winner for A Wrinkle in Time, was known the world round for her imaginative spirit and stories. She was also known to spark controversy - too Christian for some, too unorthodox for others. Somewhere in the middle was a complex woman whose embrace of paradox has much to say to a new generation of readers today.
A Light So Lovely paints a vivid portrait of this enigmatic icon's spiritual legacy, starting with her inner world and expanding into fresh reflections of her writing for readers today. Listen in on intimate interviews with L'Engle's literary contemporaries such as Philip Yancey and Luci Shaw, L'Engle's granddaughter Charlotte Jones Voiklis, and influential fans such as Makoto Fujimura, Nikki Grimes, and Sarah Bessey, as they reveal new layers to the woman behind the stories we know and love. A vibrant, imaginative read, this book pulls back the curtain to illuminate L'Engle's creative journey, her persevering faith, and the inspiring, often unexpected ways these two forces converged.
For anyone earnestly searching the space between sacred and secular, miracle and science, faith and art, come and find a kindred spirit and trusted guide in Madeleine - the Mrs Whatsit to our Meg Murry - as she sparks our imagination anew. AMAZON 4 STARS
I have to say that originally I waffled back and forth a few times about reading this book. Why? Because I know sometimes books like that can be a bit heavy or boring. I wasn't that far into the book before I began to see things about it that I liked. I liked her idea of that there was a something to be confronted about there such a harsh division between religion and the secular. That God couldn't or didn't use the secular for His Kingdom. She was way before her time and did make a huge impact of the prevailing thinking. She was also quite transparent about sometimes hanging by her fingernails when it came to believing in God. How real is that?
It was also interesting to read what others in her life thought about her. They shared experiences and what they learned from and through her. She ended up being quite the encourager when it came to fellow writers. A really blunt but on point was when she said, "I'm not a Christian writer, I'm a writer who happens to be a Christian."
For me the addition of all the names of the books she wrote wasn't all that helpful because I wasn't familiar with them. BUT the bits and pieces from some of those books was good. I was more interested in the woman herself. I liked how one person described her as a woman of fierce in her faith, who physically projected a "sense of wonder".
And one of her goddaughter's remarked that she got more done in one day than most people do in four.
I voluntarily read an advanced reader copy of this book through Handlebar Publishing for Zondervan and this is my honest opinions of it.
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