The Summer of the Great-Grandmother: A Circle Of Quiet, The Summer Of The Great-grandmother, The Irrational Season, And Two-part Invention (The Crosswicks Journals #2)

By: Madeleine L'Engle

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Synopsis: A poignant meditation on the bonds between mothers and daughters—and the inescapable effects of time—from the author of A Wrinkle in Time. In the second memoir of her Crosswicks Journals, Madeleine L&’Engle chronicles a season of extremes. Four generations of family have gathered at Crosswicks, her Connecticut farmhouse, to care for L&’Engle&’s ninety-year-old mother. As summer days fade to sleepless nights, her mother&’s health rapidly declines and her once astute mind slips into senility. With poignant honesty, L&’Engle describes the gifts and graces, as well as the painful emotional cost, of caring for the one who once cared for you. As she spends her days with a mother who barely resembles the competent and vigorous woman who bore and raised her, L&’Engle delves into her memories, reflecting on the lives of the strong women in her family&’s history. Evoking both personal experiences and universal themes, The Summer of the Great-Grandmother takes an unflinching look at diminishment and death, all the while celebrating the wonder of life. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L&’Engle including rare images from the author&’s estate.