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In the summer of 1952, C.S. Lewis met Joy Gresham for the first time. Born a Jew, she was a 37-year-old Christian convert taking time out from an unfaithful husband. He, at 54, was one of England's leading Christians and author of the Narnia Chronicles. This is the story of their love.
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Revell (2005), 205 pages
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LibraryThing member Ste-vo
I've been a fan of C.S Lewis for about two years but I've never really known much about his life and this book was enourmously helpful in filling me in on the events but there was very little feeling of involvment in the story, I guess this is the case with a lot of biographies as they're written
Though I did enjoy discovering many of C.S Lewis' influences which I will now seek to read myself and the other main delight of the book was discovering Joy Davidman but again the book feels like it only scratches the surface of events and I feel like I want to go deeper.
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from an outsider perspective. Which is why I think surprised by joy or one of the other biographies maybe more worthwhile, I think if someone's life story can't be written by themself then someone close to the person should write it. Though I did enjoy discovering many of C.S Lewis' influences which I will now seek to read myself and the other main delight of the book was discovering Joy Davidman but again the book feels like it only scratches the surface of events and I feel like I want to go deeper.
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LibraryThing member Whisper1
This started out very slow and pedantic like. I almost put it down, but when it changed from Lewis' philosophical ideas and an in depth look at his books into his relationship with Joy Davidman, an American divorced woman, the love story was captivating.