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Overview"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." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Madeleine L'EnglePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers Dimensions: Width: 13.90cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 20.20cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9780060652869ISBN 10: 0060652861 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 11 April 1997 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsA complex, modern saga....infused with the warmth of love and mercy. -- Booklist """A complex, modern saga....infused with the warmth of love and mercy.""--""Booklist""" Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |