The Crosswicks Journals: A Circle of Quiet, The Summer of the Great-Grandmother, The Irrational Season, and Two-Part Invention

The New York Times–bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time takes an introspective look at her life in these four memoirs, revealing the complexity behind the beloved author whose works have long been cherished by children and adults alike.

With a lush backdrop of Crosswicks, Madeleine L’Engle’s family farmhouse in rural Connecticut, this series of memoirs offers an unflinching look at the intersection of science and religion, as well as the bonds between mothers and daughters.

In A Circle of Quiet, L’Engle shares her journey to find balance between her career as an author and her responsibilities as a wife, mother, teacher, and Christian.

The Summer of the Great-Grandmother explores the intersection of diminishment and death, while celebrating the wonder of life and the bonds between mothers and daughters.

The Irrational Season follows the liturgical year from one Advent to the next, with L’Engle’s reflections on the changing seasons in her own life as a writer, wife, mother, and global citizen.

Two-Part Invention beautifully evokes the life she and her husband built and the family they cherished.

With stunning prose and unflinching honesty, these memoirs offer a new perspective into L’Engle’s writing and life, and how the two inform each other.