Find Request It
Cover Image

Two-part invention the story of a marriage

"Since her debut with The Small Rain in 1945, L'Engle has continued to write critically acclaimed books for adults and young readers, including a Newbery Medal-winner, A Wrinkle in Time. But this story of her marriage surpasses her best work so far. Starting with accounts of her childhood, she descr...

Full description

Saved in:
Main Author: L'Engle, Madeleine
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Harper & Row, 1989, ©1988.
Edition:1st Harper & Row pbk. ed.
Subjects:
L'Engle, Madeleine > Marriage.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Married people > United States > Biography.
Actors > United States > Biography.
Franklin, Hugh > Marriage.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Summary:"Since her debut with The Small Rain in 1945, L'Engle has continued to write critically acclaimed books for adults and young readers, including a Newbery Medal-winner, A Wrinkle in Time. But this story of her marriage surpasses her best work so far. Starting with accounts of her childhood, she describes her life as a young woman in Manhattan, attracted to the theater and landing a job as an understudy touring with Eva Le Gallienne and Hugh Franklin. L'Engle and Franklin married in 1946, creating a bond that was broken ony by his death 40 years later. As Franklin's roles (with the Lunts, Ethel Barrymore, Maurice Evans, etc.) kept him absent frequently, there were problems, especially when they became parents. Yet most crises were viewed in perspective, especially when the couple gathered with children, grandchildren and friends at Crosswick, the old house in Connecticut that remains L'Engle's "icon." As expected, she writes beautifully here, sharing funny, exuberant and trying moments of the "two-part invention." Reading the book is a profound spiritual experience." -- Publisher's Weekly
Item Description:Reprint. Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1988.
Physical Description:231 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN:0062505017 (pbk.)
9780062505019 (pbk.)
Author Notes:Author Madeleine L'Engle was born in New York City on November 29, 1918. She graduated from Smith College. She is best known for A Wrinkle in Time (1962), which won the 1963 Newbery Medal for best American children's book. While many of her novels blend science fiction and fantasy, she has also written a series of autobiographical books, including Two Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage, which deals with the illness and death of her husband, soap opera actor Hugh Franklin. In 2004, she received a National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush. She died on September 6, 2007 of natural causes.

Since 1976, Wheaton College in Illinois has maintained a special collection of L'Engle's papers, and a variety of other materials, dating back to 1919.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Similar Items