Comments on: Celebrating a Wrinkle http://www.hbook.com/2012/02/blogs/out-of-the-box/celebrating-a-wrinkle/ Publications about books for children and young adults Tue, 14 May 2013 17:58:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Lolly Robinson http://www.hbook.com/2012/02/blogs/out-of-the-box/celebrating-a-wrinkle/#comment-14802 Lolly Robinson Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:41:46 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=10214#comment-14802 Maia, you hit it exactly. I wonder how many others felt she was a kind of guardian angel. Me, for one, but I wouldn't have been able to articulate it that way until I read what you wrote. Maia, you hit it exactly. I wonder how many others felt she was a kind of guardian angel. Me, for one, but I wouldn’t have been able to articulate it that way until I read what you wrote.

]]> By: Maia Cheli-Colando http://www.hbook.com/2012/02/blogs/out-of-the-box/celebrating-a-wrinkle/#comment-14801 Maia Cheli-Colando Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:35:08 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=10214#comment-14801 Not only L'Engle's writing, but her theology evolved over time. While I do love Wrinkle (or more accurately, Meg), I intersected with L'Engle personally -- as an awestruck me received A Ring of Endless Light from her own hands when I was in elementary school -- in a different space than she was in with Wrinkle. Her style of course fluctuated over her long writing life - consider A Severed Wasp versus some of the southern romances, or even The Young Unicorns versus Meet the Austins. And this is part of what I find most endearing - we can see the evolution of a intriguing, compassionate and passionate person; she shared that with us. I think for me it helped somewhat to be Episcopalian in my youth. Over the course of my growing up, I continued to cross paths with real-life elements/people from her stories... while we never met again, she was a bit of a guardian angel, her effects and our synchronicities shifting my life at odd and important times. When she died, it was the closest thing to losing a family member as losing someone who doesn't know *your* own name can be. But the integrity of her characters have left footprints all over my soul; which I am pleased to note when I come across them again. Not only L’Engle’s writing, but her theology evolved over time. While I do love Wrinkle (or more accurately, Meg), I intersected with L’Engle personally — as an awestruck me received A Ring of Endless Light from her own hands when I was in elementary school — in a different space than she was in with Wrinkle. Her style of course fluctuated over her long writing life – consider A Severed Wasp versus some of the southern romances, or even The Young Unicorns versus Meet the Austins. And this is part of what I find most endearing – we can see the evolution of a intriguing, compassionate and passionate person; she shared that with us.

I think for me it helped somewhat to be Episcopalian in my youth. Over the course of my growing up, I continued to cross paths with real-life elements/people from her stories… while we never met again, she was a bit of a guardian angel, her effects and our synchronicities shifting my life at odd and important times. When she died, it was the closest thing to losing a family member as losing someone who doesn’t know *your* own name can be. But the integrity of her characters have left footprints all over my soul; which I am pleased to note when I come across them again.

]]> By: Next Time, I’m Tessering to New York « Annie Cardi http://www.hbook.com/2012/02/blogs/out-of-the-box/celebrating-a-wrinkle/#comment-14800 Next Time, I’m Tessering to New York « Annie Cardi Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:05:26 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=10214#comment-14800 [...] have no fear! You can read all about the evening’s events at Publisher’s Weekly and The Horn Book. It sounds like it was a truly special and exciting event. One moment I liked, from PW: [...] [...] have no fear! You can read all about the evening’s events at Publisher’s Weekly and The Horn Book. It sounds like it was a truly special and exciting event. One moment I liked, from PW: [...]

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