The Summer Of The Great Grandmother

Author : Madeleine L'Engle
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781504041263

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The Summer of the Great-Grandmother by Madeleine L'Engle Pdf

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.

Author : Madeleine L'Engle
Publisher : Borgo Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1996-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 080959224X

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The Summer of the Great-Grandmother by Madeleine L'Engle Pdf

"Anyone who has dealt with, or will soon deal with, the death of a parent will find some solace, understanding, and companionship in this perceptive book, which is, in the end, more about living than about dying".--The Washington Post. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Tove Jansson
Publisher : Sort of Books
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781908745194

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The Summer Book by Tove Jansson Pdf

Celebrating 50 years of Tove Jansson's classic, bestselling novel Featured in the BBC 2 Between the Covers Bookclub Special (Eurovision series 2023) 'Distils the essence of summer' Robert Macfarlane 'Magical, life-affirming' Elizabeth Gilbert The Worldwide Classic about a tiny island and larger love. An elderly artist and her six-year-old grand-daughter while away a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of Finland. As the two learn to adjust to each other's fears, whims and yearnings, a fierce yet understated love emerges - one that encompasses not only the summer inhabitants but the very island itself. Written in a clear, unsentimental style, full of brusque humour, and wisdom, The Summer Book is a profoundly life-affirming story. Tove Jansson captured much of her own life and spirit in the book, which was her favourite of her adult novels. With a foreword by Esther Freud and an afterword by Sophia Jansson (on whom the child 'Sophia' is based) who returns to the island during the pandemic at the point of becoming a grandmother herself. Includes a 15pp epilogue by Tove's niece Sophia Jansson - the inspiration for 'Sophia' - on a personal and moving return to the island. 'Eccentric, funny, wise, full of joys and small adventures. This is a book for life.' Esther Freud 'Tove Jansson was a genius. This is a marvellous, beautiful, wise novel, which is also very funny.' Philip Pullman

Author : Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781467795593

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Don't Call Me Grandma by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Pdf

Great-grandmother Nell eats fish for breakfast, she doesn't hug or kiss, and she does NOT want to be called grandma. Her great-granddaughter isn't sure what to think about her. As she slowly learns more about Nell's life and experiences, the girl finds ways to connect with her prickly great-grandmother.

Author : Geraldine Lee Susi
Publisher : Brandylane Publishers Inc
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780983826477

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Looking Through Great-Grandmother's Eyes by Geraldine Lee Susi Pdf

Prequel to: Looking for Pa and Looking back.

Author : Madeleine L'Engle
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781504041270

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The Irrational Season by Madeleine L'Engle Pdf

The bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time contemplates the true meaning of faith in the third installment of her series of memoirs. Upon her death, the New York Times hailed Madeleine L’Engle as “an author whose childhood fables, religious meditations and fanciful science fiction transcended both genre and generation.” L’Engle has long captivated and provoked readers by exploring the intersection of science and religion in her work. In this intimate memoir, the award-winning author uncovers how her spiritual convictions inform and enrich the everyday. The Irrational Season follows the liturgical year from one Advent to the next, with L’Engle reflecting on the changing seasons in her own life as a writer, wife, mother, and global citizen. Unafraid to discuss controversial topics and address challenging questions, L’Engle writes from the heart in this compelling chronicle of her spiritual quest to renew and refresh her faith in an ever-changing world and her ever-changing personhood. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L’Engle including rare images from the author’s estate.

Author : Harley Jessup
Publisher : Viking Juvenile
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : PSU:000046283580

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Grandma Summer by Harley Jessup Pdf

On a visit with Grandma to the old house by the sea, Ben begins to understand the magic of this place that holds memories of many happy summers. Full color.

Author : Madeleine L'Engle
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781504041256

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A Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L'Engle Pdf

The beloved author of A Wrinkle in Time takes an introspective look at her life and muses on creativity in this memoir, the first of her Crosswicks Journals. Every so often I need OUT. . . . My special place is a small brook in a green glade, a circle of quiet from which there is no visible sign of human beings. . . . I sit there, dangling my legs and looking through the foliage at the sky reflected in the water, and things slowly come back into perspective. Set against the lush backdrop of Crosswicks, her family’s farmhouse in rural Connecticut, this deeply personal memoir details Madeleine L’Engle’s journey to find balance between her career as a Newbery Medal–winning author and her responsibilities as a wife, mother, teacher, and Christian. As she considers the roles that creativity, family, citizenship, and faith play in her life, L’Engle reveals the complexities behind the author whose works—honored with the National Book Award, the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and countless other prizes—have long been cherished by children and adults alike. Written in simple, profound, and often humorous prose, A Circle of Quiet is an insightful woman’s elegant search for the meaning and purpose of her life. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L’Engle including rare images from the author’s estate.

Author : Eleanor L. De Butts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Ireland
ISBN : OXFORD:600067040

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Great Grandmother's Days: a Tale of the Irish Rebellion by Eleanor L. De Butts Pdf

Author : Jonathan Tweet
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781250134110

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Grandmother Fish by Jonathan Tweet Pdf

Where did we come from? It's a simple question, but not so simple an answer to explain—especially to young children. Charles Darwin's theory of common descent no longer needs to be a scientific mystery to inquisitive young readers. Meet Grandmother Fish. Told in an engaging call and response text where a child can wiggle like a fish or hoot like an ape and brought to life by vibrant artwork, Grandmother Fish takes children and adults through the history of life on our planet and explains how we are all connected. The book also includes comprehensive backmatter, including: - An elaborate illustration of the evolutionary tree of life - Helpful science notes for parents - How to explain natural selection to a child

Author : Barbara Frey Waxman
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0813917573

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To Live in the Center of the Moment by Barbara Frey Waxman Pdf

Waxman (English, U. of North Carolina) compares autobiographical writings that cover themes related to aging, namely the relationships between elderly parents and middle-aged children, the experience of turning 70, the role of race, philosophical insights and quasi- mystical experiences by the aging, and the representation of elders as sages and sibyls. She discusses works by Philip Roth, Madeleine L'Engle, Lucille Clifton, Doris Grumbach, May Sarton, Audre Lorde, Maya Angelou, Velma Wallis, Howell Raines, Donald Hall, and Florida Scott- Maxwell. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Daniel L Schafer
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813047997

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Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley by Daniel L Schafer Pdf

Anna Kingsley's life story adds a dramatic chapter to histories of the South, the state of Florida, and the African diaspora. Working from surprisingly extensive records, including information and photographs from extended-family members and descendants, Daniel Shafer reconstructs and documents one slave’s remarkable story. Both an American slave and a slaveowner--and possibly an African princess--Anna was a teenager when she was captured in her homeland of Senegal in 1806 and sold into slavery. Zephaniah Kingsley, Jr., a planter and slave trader from Spanish East Florida, bought her in Havana, Cuba, and took her to his St. Johns River plantation in northeast Florida, where she soon became his household manager, his wife, and eventually the mother of four of his children. Her husband formally emancipated her in 1811, and she became the owner of her own farm and twelve slaves the following year. For 25 years, life on her farm and at the Kingsley plantation on Fort George Island was relatively tranquil. But when Florida passed from Spanish to American control, and racism and discrimination increased in the American territories, Anna Kingsley and her children migrated to a colony in Haiti established by her husband as a refuge for free blacks. Amid the spiraling racial tensions of the antebellum period, Anna returned to north Florida, where she bought and sold land, sued white people in the courts, and became a central figure in a free black community. Such accomplishments by a woman in a patriarchal society are fascinating in themselves. To have achieved them as a woman of color is remarkable.

Author : Fredrik Backman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501115073

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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman Pdf

A cloth bag containing 10 paperback copies of the title, 1 large print edition, 1 audio book, that may also include a folder with sign out sheets.

Author : Madeleine L'Engle
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 749 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781504046220

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The Crosswicks Journals by Madeleine L'Engle Pdf

The New York Times–bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time takes an introspective look at her life and muses on creativity in these four memoirs. Set against the lush backdrop of Crosswicks, Madeleine L’Engle’s family farmhouse in rural Connecticut, this series of memoirs reveals the complexity behind the beloved author whose works have long been cherished by children and adults alike. A Circle of Quiet: In a deeply personal account, L’Engle shares her journey to find balance between her career as an author and her responsibilities as a wife, mother, teacher, and Christian. The Summer of the Great-Grandmother: Four generations of family have gathered at Crosswicks to care for L’Engle’s ninety-year-old mother, whose health is rapidly declining and whose once astute mind is slipping into senility. L’Engle takes an unflinching look at diminishment and death, all the while celebrating the wonder of life and the bonds between mothers and daughters. The Irrational Season: Exploring the intersection of science and religion, L’Engle uncovers how her spiritual convictions inform and enrich the everyday. The memoir follows the liturgical year from one Advent to the next, with L’Engle’s reflections on the changing seasons in her own life as a writer, wife, mother, and global citizen. Two-Part Invention: L’Engle beautifully evokes the life she and her husband, actor Hugh Franklin, built and the family they cherished. Beginning with their very different childhoods, their life in New York City in the 1940s, and their years spent raising their children at Crosswicks, this is L’Engle’s most personal work yet. Offering a new perspective into her writing and life and how the two inform each other, the National Book Award–winning author explores the meanings behind motherhood, marriage, and faith.

Author : Cristina Kessler
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0531302849

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My Great-grandmother's Gourd by Cristina Kessler Pdf

Residents of a Sudanese village rejoice when a traditional water storage method is replaced by modern technology, but Fatima's grandmother knows there is no substitute for the reliability of the baobab tree.