{"id":2331,"date":"2007-09-07T11:49:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-07T17:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=2331"},"modified":"2007-09-07T11:49:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-07T17:49:00","slug":"sad-day-madeleine-lengle-dies-at-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/07\/sad-day-madeleine-lengle-dies-at-88\/","title":{"rendered":"Sad Day&#8230; Madeleine L&#8217;Engle dies at 88"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/09\/08\/books\/07cnd-lengle.html?_r=1&#038;hp=&#038;adxnnl=1&#038;oref=slogin&#038;adxnnlx=1189189150-I5TTFMIAPJzjF77pyQXFFA\">Madeleine L&#8217;Engle is dead at 88<\/a><\/p>\n<p>People who know me well, know that I do not read a lot of fiction. It&#8217;s not that I don&#8217;t enjoy the genre&#8230; or even that I don&#8217;t enjoy reading. I just don&#8217;t find a lot of books that either captivate me or keep me in a manner that affords me the time to break away to read.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A Wrinkle in Time&#8221; is not only one of the few pieces of literature I treasure&#8230; it&#8217;s one that I make a point to re-read every few years.<\/p>\n<p>It was a stunning book that has allowed me to identify with not one.. but all of the characters everytime I&#8217;ve read it. <\/p>\n<p>Ms. L&#8217;Engle will be sorely missed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2331\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/07\/sad-day-madeleine-lengle-dies-at-88\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2331\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/07\/sad-day-madeleine-lengle-dies-at-88\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-2331\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/07\/sad-day-madeleine-lengle-dies-at-88\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/07\/sad-day-madeleine-lengle-dies-at-88\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madeleine L&#8217;Engle is dead at 88 People who know me well, know that I do not read a lot of fiction. 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