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Friday, September 07, 2007

L'Engle

Whole generations of sourpuss girls, myself included, must be saddened tonight to hear that Madeline L'Engle has died. It is so completely unoriginal to say that A Wrinkle in Time made a huge impression on me, but it absolutely did. It is one of the books I can't wait to read to my children. We're deep in the "Elephant and Piggie" stage of things now, but it won't be too, too many years.

She was an incredible writer. I had occasion to think about her recently because the only book I bought to help the Felix come to terms with his impending sibling was one of hers, a book called The Other Dog in which a poodle comes to terms with the arrival of a human sibling. I couldn't bear the "I'm a big brother" type books that just seemed so goopy and unconvincing.

And even apart from that, I realize how much A Wrinkle in Time clings to me. In the last year I have found myself falling prey to a lot of Obstacle-Course-of-Life scenarios and as furious and fussed out as I have been, I inevitably recall Mrs. Whatsit scolding Meg: "We want nothing from you that you do without grace."

Then I try to improve a bit.

posted by Elise at 6:39 PM

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3 Comments:

Anonymous said...

I, too, am a lover of Madeleine L'Engle's books, and I am an admirer of Luciano Pavarotti's singing. This has been a sad week.
Sally

9/08/2007 3:45 PM

leighs said...

I was sorry to read of her death as well; although I did kn ow that she was pretty old. I only hope my little girl loves her books as much as I did!

9/10/2007 6:43 AM

Anonymous said...

I managed the childrens book dept. at a small store for a while and I put A Wrinkle in Time into the hands of every willing, and sometimes not so willing, parent, adolescent and child that I could. She was amazing and will be missed by generations.

9/18/2007 8:26 PM

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