Search - A Circle of Quiet (Crosswicks Journals, Bk 1)

Read this as a piece of history -- not so much for the maternal advice about balancing a writing life and family--but for a glimpse into what made the woman find her voice in children's literature. She is not as revealing as other memoirists, keeping a distance between the reader and her inner life. Still, if you enjoyed her fiction, it is worth reading.

I'm not quite sure how a set of excerpts from a writer's journal can make up a lyrical book, but Madeleine L'Engle manages to do so with A CIRCLE OF QUIET. Well worth reading just for the writing style, not counting the content. You'll probably want to start it again once you've finished it.
By the author of A WRINKLE IN TIME, MEET THE AUSTENS, and A SWIFTLY TILTING PLANET for young people as well as many adult books.
p.s. The YA books make great reading for adults, too.

"My favorite of all Madeleine L'Engle's books. Lovely, charming, a book to cherish. I know it will give great consolation to ordinary people who sometimes wonder why they bother to get out of bed in the morning." Quote by Jean Kerr.