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to head through the fifth dimension.
Our next book-club selection is the classic childrens novel,A Wrinkle in Timeby Madeleine LEngle.
With thefilm adaptation by Ava DuVernayheading to theaters this month, revisiting this fantasy seemed appropriate.
(Come on duh, I was That Kid.)
I dont read a lot of fantasy books, though, so Im curious to see how this goes.
Whats your history with this book, Alex?
Alex:I went to averyBaptist school in the South.
So the fiction we read in elementary school were books like surprise!
Where the Red Fern Grows, which I do recall fucked me up extremely.
That said, I was definitely a burgeoning fantasy nerd outside of school.
Hunter:On second thought, its likely that it wasnt part of my OklahomaCatholic schools curriculum.
(I can see Sister Mary Clare not being into discussing Jesus and Einstein in the same breath.)
Alas, I wish I had the history with this book or the nostalgia that everyone else does.
Im excited for this read because its as good a time as any to delve into the fantastical.
I dont know a lot about the plot going in planets, wigs, time travel?
For instance, I know thatA Wrinkle in Timewas famously rejected by publishers (26 of them!)
before John Farrar at Farrar, Straus & Giroux picked it up.
Which, but didnt quite dare do it, as it isnt really classifiable.
This is my psalm of praise to life, my stand for life against death.
See you next week!
