The Irrational Season

Written by Madeleine L'Engle

Narrated by Pamela Almand

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Jan 23, 2018
• ISBN: 9781543629446

Madeleine L'Engle

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.  

Reviews for The Irrational Season

[carlahaunted · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Wonderful...like having a breakfast nook or walk through the woods talk with Madeleine--the talk began about the liturgical year as delineated in the Book of Common Prayer, but has delightfully swerved back and fro to physics then troublesome Bible stories to family politics then the place in our society for the very young and the very old...
The coffee grows tepid, the dog bashes ahead in the brush. The talk continues and weaves and braids. There is always more coffee, and the dog knows the way, and is only following his nature. All is well.

[deldevries · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Well written and easy to read.pages 48 and 49 contain the full text of an essay on marriage that has been excerpted down to a paragraph and used as a wedding reading. The full version has lots more details!

[mahallett · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

too religion oriented for me. started, had to return before finishing, now done.