A passionate novel about a betrayed young wife and a nun who broke her vow for love.
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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."
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Madeline L'Engle scores again,
By A Customer
This review is from: Love Letters (Hardcover)
It took me two read-throughs to properly appreciate this book. At first, it reads like 60s romance fiction, which is when it was originally written. Upon a second, more careful reading, the true (and very typical L'Engle) message comes through... Life's set-backs can rock us to the core, and we can take time to grieve, but we should not turn our back on Life and Love (of self, of others, etc.) and give in to Nothingness. Also of interest, in typical L'Engle "nepotism," (something I truly enjoy) there are scenes in this book that are referred to in another one of her books, _Certain Women_.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Passions Will Be Provoked, Inspired & Deeply Saddened.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Love Letters (Hardcover)
This is one of my favorite L'Engle books! I'd put it into a category called the "Europe Collection". Also in this collection would be "And Both Were Young", and The Small Rain". Madeleine weaves a mesmerizing tapestry of Sr. Mariana Alcoforado, passionate Portuguese nun, and Cotty, frightened American changeling. A companion resource to this novel should be "The Letters of a Portuguese Nun," now out of print, but contains original artwork by Pablo Picasso. Mariana's story will catch our stomachs on the verge of somersaults. Tears come to my eyes,three cheers, L'Engle!!!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
something to carry with you,
By mmc12 (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Love Letters (Hardcover)
I read all of L'Engle's young adult novels before I started with her more obscure novels-- I read this one for the first time when I was nineteen, and found one line in it which I'll carry with me forever. "The heart makes a god of the one who awakens it first." Love Letters is a deep and perceptive novel, and will make you think about your life in ways you haven't thought about it before. I can't think of a higher compliment for a novel.
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