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The Book Review

On Reading "A Wrinkle in Time"

The Book Review

The New York Times

Books, Arts

4.23.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Sarah Lyall discusses reading Madeleine L'Engle's classic novel at a pivotal moment in her childhood, and the lessons she has extracted from the book throughout her life.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everyone, I'm Gilbert Cruz and Mrs. the Book Review Podcast.

0:10.1

You're about to hear a discussion I had last year with Sarah Lyle, a writer at large

0:14.3

at the New York Times.

0:16.1

For those of you who keep track of bylines in the book review, you know that she's also

0:19.9

the person behind our regular thriller column.

0:23.4

Our talk was prompted by an idea I had had at the time.

0:26.8

I was thinking about the books that people read over and over and over again.

0:30.3

I was thinking about those books in my life.

0:33.2

And I got curious about the books that others, writers, artists, creative people of all

0:37.8

stripes, carry with them throughout their lives.

0:41.1

What are the books that they reread?

0:43.3

And what does it say about them?

0:45.5

Luckily, I got the chance to talk about this with Sarah.

0:48.9

We've never aired this conversation before, and I hope you enjoy it.

0:53.1

Hello.

0:54.1

Hello.

0:56.1

Hi, good morning.

0:57.6

Where are you coming from?

0:59.2

I have just been at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show pre.

1:04.4

Sarah is a writer at large.

1:06.2

She covers things like the Westminster dog show.

1:09.6

She writes about the royal family.

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