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Becoming Madeleine : a biography of the author of A wrinkle in time by her granddaughters / Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Léna Roy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: 162 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780374307646
  • 0374307644
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Before Madeleine -- A New York City childhood -- Trouble at school -- Switzerland -- From child to teen -- The Eustace affair -- Senior year -- The college years -- The best school for a writer -- Making a living -- Work and love -- Marriage and children -- Making the leap.
Summary: This elegant and insightful biography of Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) was written by her granddaughters, Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Léna Roy. Using never-before-seen archival materials that include photographs, poems, letters, and journal entries from when Madeleine was a child until just after the publication of her classic, A Wrinkle in Time, her granddaughters weave together an in-depth and unique view of the famous writer. It is a story of overcoming obstacles--a lonely childhood, financial insecurity, and countless rejections of her writing--and eventual triumph. Becoming Madeleine will speak not only to fans of the icon's work, but also to anyone interested in writing. -- ‡c From publisher's description.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Biography L'Engle, M. V894 Available 33111008545085
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography L'Engle, M. V894 Available 33111008708543
Total holds: 0

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This middle-grade biography explores the life and works of Madeleine L'Engle --written by her granddaughters.

This elegant and insightful biography of Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) was written by her granddaughters, Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Léna Roy. Using never-before-seen archival materials that include photographs, poems, letters, and journal entries from when Madeleine was a child until just after the publication of her classic, A Wrinkle in Time , her granddaughters weave together an in-depth and unique view of the famous writer. It is a story of overcoming obstacles--a lonely childhood, financial insecurity, and countless rejections of her writing--and eventual triumph. Becoming Madeleine will speak not only to fans of the icon's work, but also to anyone interested in writing.

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This elegant and insightful biography of Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) was written by her granddaughters, Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Léna Roy. Using never-before-seen archival materials that include photographs, poems, letters, and journal entries from when Madeleine was a child until just after the publication of her classic, A Wrinkle in Time, her granddaughters weave together an in-depth and unique view of the famous writer. It is a story of overcoming obstacles--a lonely childhood, financial insecurity, and countless rejections of her writing--and eventual triumph. Becoming Madeleine will speak not only to fans of the icon's work, but also to anyone interested in writing. -- ‡c From publisher's description.

Before Madeleine -- A New York City childhood -- Trouble at school -- Switzerland -- From child to teen -- The Eustace affair -- Senior year -- The college years -- The best school for a writer -- Making a living -- Work and love -- Marriage and children -- Making the leap.

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