The Joys of Love

Moving and romantic this coming-of-age story was written during the 1940s. As revealed in an introduction by the authors granddaughter Léna Roy the protagonist Elizabeth is close to an autobiographical portrait of LEngle herself as a young woman―vibrant vulnerable and yearning for love and all that life has to offer.During the summer of 1946 twenty-year-old Elizabeth is doing what she has dreamed of since she was a little girl: working in the theatre. Elizabeth is passionate about her work and determined to learn all she can at the summer theatre company on the sea where she is an apprentice actress. Shes never felt so alive. . And soon she finds another passion: Kurt Canitz the dashing young director of the company and the first man Elizabeths ever kissed who has really meant something to her. . Then Elizabeths perfect summer is profoundly shaken when Kurt turns out not to be the kind of man she thought he was.. Praise for The Joys of Love:. “The Joys of Love [is] a story of first love and the romance of the theater. Written in the early 40s by Madeleine LEngle (author of A Wrinkle in Time) who died last year the book has been published for the first time thanks to the efforts of her granddaughters.” ―Parade magazine a Kids Summer Reading 2008 pick. “Ardent fans [will be] . . . grateful for a last chance to dip into something new by the author.” ―The Christian Science Monitor. “LEngle completists will be interested in this early (1940s) and heretofore unpublished novel about a young and idealistic actresss apprenticeship in summer theater. The writing is earnest and emotional.” ―The Horn Book. “Teens . . . will warm to the authors characteristic slice-to-the-heart expressions of emotion while the realistic portrayal of the summer-stock theater scene will draw aspiring actors.” ―Booklist. “It will . . . interest readers who want to know more about the author of the groundbreaking A Wrinkle in Time especially because in an introduction by LEngles granddauther Léna Roy identifies it as semiautobiographical.” ―Publishers Weekly. “LEngle revisits her own theater experiences at the beach in the 1940s making this novels salty breezes musty shared quarters and boardwalk burgers vivid.” ―School Library Journal. “A joy indeed.” ―Kirkus Reviews. Books by Madeleine LEngleA Wrinkle in Time QuintetA Wrinkle in TimeA Wind in the DoorA Swiftly Tilting PlanetMany WatersAn Acceptable Time. A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Madeleine LEngle; adapted & illustrated by Hope Larson. Intergalactic P.S. 3 by Madeleine LEngle; illustrated by Hope Larson: A standalone story set in the world of A Wrinkle in Time.. The Austin Family ChroniclesMeet the Austins (Volume 1) The Moon by Night (Volume 2) The Young Unicorns (Volume 3)A Ring of Endless Light (Volume 4) A Newbery Honor book!Troubling a Star (Volume 5). The Polly OKeefe booksThe Arm of the StarfishDragons in the WatersA House Like a Lotus. And Both Were Young. Camilla. The Joys of Love