Genre:
Non-Fiction / Biography
Non-Fiction / Biography
A Light So Lovely
The Spiritual Legacy Of Madeleine L'Engle
by Sarah Arthur
| -From Amazon- 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. ISBN-13: 978-0310353409 A light in the darkness... |  This Book received a 3 Bark rating.
 Sarah Arthur |
I'll admit that I don't read a lot of non-fiction, and definitely not as much as I should, but when I read the blurb on this book and found that it was about the author of one of my absolute favorite characters of all time, Meg Murry, I knew that this was a book I wanted to read.
To be completely honest, my reaction to this book when I finished it was quite mixed. On the negative side, conservative Christians and believers in young earth science may find themselves fairly irritated as they are painted in a rather unflattering light by the author's personal opinion. On the positive side, I found the insight into Madeleine L'Engle's life, faith, writing, and the impact she has made on other authors, to be simply fascinating. I was first introduced to the Murry family, and Calvin O'Keefe, as a little girl when my dad read A Wrinkle In Time and A Wind In The Door aloud to my younger brother and I. I truly fell in love with plain Meg Murry who never seemed to fit in anywhere but found herself called to act in extraordinary circumstances. To find out that she wrote about so much more came as a surprise as did the magnitude of the opposition she faced from Christian and Secular circles alike. Who would have ever thought that one of childhood's best loved books had so many people clammering for it to be banned.
The look into Madeleine's faith was especially enlightening and the positive impact she has had on 3 generations of children as well as being a bit of a pioneer in fantasy/sci-fi fiction, especially in the Christian realm, not to mention to impact she has had on a wide variety of authors, the author Sarah Arthur included, proves over and over that Madeleine was indeed A Light So Lovely.
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives A Light So Lovely by Sarah Arthur a 3 Bark rating.
To be completely honest, my reaction to this book when I finished it was quite mixed. On the negative side, conservative Christians and believers in young earth science may find themselves fairly irritated as they are painted in a rather unflattering light by the author's personal opinion. On the positive side, I found the insight into Madeleine L'Engle's life, faith, writing, and the impact she has made on other authors, to be simply fascinating. I was first introduced to the Murry family, and Calvin O'Keefe, as a little girl when my dad read A Wrinkle In Time and A Wind In The Door aloud to my younger brother and I. I truly fell in love with plain Meg Murry who never seemed to fit in anywhere but found herself called to act in extraordinary circumstances. To find out that she wrote about so much more came as a surprise as did the magnitude of the opposition she faced from Christian and Secular circles alike. Who would have ever thought that one of childhood's best loved books had so many people clammering for it to be banned.
The look into Madeleine's faith was especially enlightening and the positive impact she has had on 3 generations of children as well as being a bit of a pioneer in fantasy/sci-fi fiction, especially in the Christian realm, not to mention to impact she has had on a wide variety of authors, the author Sarah Arthur included, proves over and over that Madeleine was indeed A Light So Lovely.
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives A Light So Lovely by Sarah Arthur a 3 Bark rating.
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