A Live Coal in the Sea - Hardcover

L'Engle, Madeleine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374189897 ISBN 13: 9780374189891

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1996

Synopsis

Three generations of a family struggle with loyalty, commitment, and identity when Camilla Dickinson is confronted by her granddaughter, Raffi, with the news that her father has hinted that Camilla is not really her grandmother

About this title

Review:

"A complex, modern saga....infused with the warmth of love and mercy."--"Booklist"

About the Author:

Madeleine L’Engle (1918–2007) was an American author of more than sixty books, including novels for children and adults, poetry, and religious meditations. Her best-known work, A Wrinkle in Time, one of the most beloved young adult books of the twentieth century and a Newbery Medal winner, has sold more than fourteen million copies since its publication in 1962. Her other novels include A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, and A Ring of Endless Light. Born in New York City, L’Engle graduated from Smith College and worked in theater, where she met her husband, actor Hugh Franklin. L’Engle documented her marriage and family life in the four-book autobiographical series, the Crosswicks Journals. She also served as librarian and writer-in-residence at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in Manhattan for more than thirty years.
 

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0374189897
• ISBN 13: 9780374189891
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 323