‘Oh, Madeleine L’Engle!’
“Much about the Austins seems too good to be true — the way they spontaneously break out into a four-part hymn during a picnic on the mountain, or the smug confession by Vicky, the eldest daughter and narrator, that “we seem to watch a lot less television than most of our friends.””
— Oh, snap, finally. No, it’s a mostly kindly review of a Leonard Marcus’ book-length collection of interviews about Madeleine L’Engle. Now, here is the dishy 2004 profile in The New Yorker that various interviewees objected to.