Friends for the Journey [Hardcover]

Madeleine L'Engle (Author), Lucy Shaw (Author), Luci Shaw (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1997

Born of a friendship spanning a quarter of a century, Madeleine L'Engle and Luci Shaw's Friends for the Journey considers the golden quality of deep and lasting friendships, showing that the common ground of love for God transcends even separation.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 230 pages
• Publisher: Servant Publications (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892839864
• ISBN-13: 978-0892839865
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,387,321 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Madeleine L'Engle, the popular author of many books for children and adults, has interspersed her writing and teaching career with raising three children, maintaining an apartment in New York and a farmhouse of charming confusion which is called "Crosswicks."

Customer Reviews

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75 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This long-term friendship of two authors is rich in insight., September 22, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Friends for the Journey (Hardcover)

L'Engle and Shaw, friends for 25 years, are educators at heart. Here they teach about friendship by sharing their own balanced and loving bond. Through an assortment of poetry, conversations, journal entries and other narrative, they celebrate a connection that grew in spite of living many miles apart.

As they look back over visits, vacations and joint writing projects, one sees that they enjoy each other's company enormously. Along the way they reflect on many facets of friendship; with girlhood chums, male friends, spouse, and family. They also show us their friendship with God and we observe that communion as they share and pray together and enrich each other's faith.

These two friends, one in her 70's, one ten years younger, were there for each other as both lost their husbands to cancer within the span of twelve months some years ago. Luci Shaw has since remarried, but their bond of friendship continues to this day.

Readers who follow their work will enjoy finding familiar poems in this new setting. And will be happy to know that L'Engle and Shaw have collaborated again. Their new book is a collection of short Christmas readings. It is _Winter Song_, a lovely blend of their own prose and poetry

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary, April 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Friends for the Journey (Hardcover)

What more could you ask for than a book created by these two wonderful women--and friends. This is the beautiful story of a friendship that has flourished through miles and years--death and trials--beauty and joy. It is an inspiration and a tribute to friendship.

This is the kind of book you buy 2 of--one for you and one for your best friend!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Friends For The Journey, November 10, 2010

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This review is from: Friends for the Journey (Paperback)

Although it didn't hold my attention very long, it is a very poingant journey through a friendship. They are both good writers and I've read better works by each of them.