Two Part Invention

The Story of a Marriage

by Madeleine L'Engle

ISBN: 0374280207
ISBN-13: 9780374280208
Format: Hardcover

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"L'Engle does not shrink from describing the difficult trials as well as the joys of a married life...[An] honest account [that] honors both her faith as a devout Christian and the memory of her husband." -- Dan Wakefield

-- New York Times Book Review

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Published date: 1988
Size: 6 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 1.1 pounds

Other Editions

Hardcover - Farrar Straus & Giroux (1988) - from $3.00
Paperback Reprint - Harpercollins (1989) - from $1.00

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