A Wrinkle in Time - Non-Spoiler Thread

[☯Emily , The First]

This is the non-spoiler thread for A Wrinkle in Time. Please do not discuss anything in this thread that will spoil the story for others.

[☯Emily , The First]

This book was originally published in 1962 and won the Newbery Award. The John Newbery Award is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, to the author of "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". It is awarded yearly.

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

I have picked up my copy from the library & hope to start in a day or two. :)

[Hannah]

Hi y’all! I’m excited to read A Wrinkle in Time. Here is a little blurb about L’Engle’s writing of the book from Wikipedia.
“L'Engle wrote A Wrinkle in Time between 1959 and 1960. In her memoir, A Circle of Quiet (1972), L'Engle explains that the book was conceived "during a time of transition." After years of living in rural Goshen, Connecticut where they ran a general store, L'Engle's family, the Franklins, moved back to New York City, first taking a ten-week camping trip across the country. L'Engle writes that "we drove through a world of deserts and buttes and leafless mountains, wholly new and alien to me. And suddenly into my mind came the names, Mrs Whatsit. Mrs Who. Mrs Which."This was in the spring of 1959. When asked for more information in an interview with Horn Book magazine in 1983, L'Engle responded "I cannot possibly tell you how I came to write it. It was simply a book I had to write. I had no choice. It was only after it was written that I realized what some of it meant." L'Engle has also described the novel as her "psalm of praise to life, [her] stand for life against death."

Additionally, L'Engle drew upon her interest in science. The novel includes references to Einstein's theory of relativity and Planck's quantum theory.” The Murry family was modeled after L’Engles own family.
I have not read anything from this author before and I’m excited to get started. I also have not seen the film adaptations but plan to watch them after finishing the book. Can’t wait to see what y’all think!

[Anastasia Kinderman, The Only]

Bought my copy! I've seen the movie previously, but I admit I always wonder how the book is when I watch the movie. I'm not someone who expects the book to (usually) be exactly followed in movies, so I'm quite curious!

[Francis]

I'm listening to a wonderful audiobook on Libby. I never realized Ms L'Engle was a Christian author.

Wonderful story about 80% complete. I am looking forward to the series.

I haven't figured out the Who It/What's It sisters yet.

Enjoy the journey

[☯Emily , The First]

Some people consider L'Engle a Christian author, while others criticize her for introducing concepts and characters that some Christians disagree with.

[Ginny]

I am reading a much battered copy that belonged to my children--primarily read, I suspect, by my oldest daughter, who, in her fifties, still loves fantasy. It has never been my thing, but I voted for this book thinking the old copy was lying around somewhere. It took a bit of searching, but I found it. A couple of general thoughts:

The influence of Shakespeare. Mrs. Who actually quotes from the witch scene in Macbeth. So of course, they are witches. Three witches. Why three? British folk religion says that the three witches were the maiden, mother and crone, corresponding with the new, half and full moon, and that there was another, always hidden, figure, the moon in shadow. The dark shadow. The black thing.


Meg's use of her anger. Anger gives us strength. It can be a good thing. As Meg finds out, time after time.