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A Live Coal In The Sea
A Live Coal In The Sea | Madeleine L'Engle
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Madeleine L'Engle's first adult novel in four years -- now in paperback! With 23,000 copies sold since May 1996, this "haunting domestic drama" (Publishers Weekly) examines the powers of faith and mercy in one family's confrontation with a legacy of evil. Best known for A Wrinkle in Time -- the children's classic that has sold more than 2 million copies since 1962 -- Madeleine L'Engle is as adept at exploring faith and human experience as she is at spinning fascinating, fantastic tales. Now this masterful storyteller blends her two passions and offers an engrossing new story to delight her devoted audience. When Dr. Camilla Dickinson's teenage granddaughter confronts her with the disquieting question of whether Camilla is, in fact, her grandmother, long-kept secrets rise to the surface to test the faith, love and loyalty of the Xanthakos family. This skillful, gripping tale shuttles between past and troubled present, providing clues to a multigenerational mystery -- clues that begin to focus on Camilla's son, the deeply troubled TV idol Artaxias, and on Camilla's mother, the irresistibly beautiful and adulterous Rose. Though riveting and psychologically complex, A Live Coal in the Sea is "infused with the warmth of love and mercy" (Booklist), showcasing the keen eye and deep compassion that have made L'Engle one of this century's premier writers on faith and its place in human experience.
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Tomigirl44
Live Coal in the Sea | Madeleine L'Engle
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Today‘s PSA 😊 I‘ve appreciated everything L‘Engle has written.

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VanChocStrawberry
A Live Coal In The Sea | Madeleine L'Engle
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This book started me on a journey of letting go and claiming: letting go of some false religious baggage and claiming freedom truth (love). #24in48 @24in48

Tomigirl44 L‘Engle is one of my very favorite authors - I‘ve read over 50 of her books 6y
VanChocStrawberry Mine, too! 6y
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Tomigirl44
A Live Coal In The Sea | Madeleine L'Engle
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Today‘s PSA: L‘Engle is one of my very favorite authors and this book is on sale today. I read this years ago and now can have an easy-to-carry ebook version.

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VanChocStrawberry
A Live Coal In The Sea | Madeleine L'Engle
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#hour42 #24in48
For a literary dinner party, I'd pick--
1-Madeleine L'Engle
2-Anne Lamott
3-Rainbow Rowell
4-Leigh Bardugo
5-Anne Morrow Lindbergh
This was quickly put together...can you imagine this conversation? It would be awkward and funny. I'd love it.

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bookwrm526
A Live Coal In The Sea | Madeleine L'Engle
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I find this hard to believe, but these were the only #bodiesofwater I could find on my shelves! I'm sure I could find more on my kindle, though. #maybookflowers

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