This wasn't the first time that I'd come close to death, but it was the first time I'd been involved in this part of it, this strange, terrible saying goodbye to someone you've loved.
Madeleine L'EngleAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: american
- Born: November 29, 1918
- Died: September 6, 2007
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