Becoming Mrs. Lewis
The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis
Patti Callahan
- ***SHORTLISTED
- FOR
- THE
- 2020
- ROMANTIC
- NOVEL
- AWARDS***'Luminous
- and
- penetrating'
- Paula
- McLainA
- heart-rending
- historical
- romance.Poet,
- atheist,
- and
- communist,
- New
- Yorker
- Joy
- Davidman
- is
- an
- unconventional
- woman--and
- an
- unlikely
- partner
- for
- an
- English
- academic
- and
- theologian.
- And
- when
- she
- starts
- a
- correspondence
- with
- Narnia
- author
- C.
- S.
- Lewis,
- she
- isn't
- looking
- for
- love.
- Her
- own
- marriage
- crumbling,
- she
- seeks
- refuge
- in
- her
- work
- and
- guidance
- from
- a
- writer
- she
- admires.
- But
- in
- Joy's
- letters
- Lewis
- discovers
- a
- kindred
- spirit
- and
- an
- intellect
- to
- equal
- his
- own.
- Bonding
- over
- a
- shared
- love
- of
- literature
- and
- ideas,
- a
- deep
- connection
- is
- forged
- between
- the
- two.
- Embarking
- on
- the
- adventure
- of
- a
- lifetime,
- Joy
- travels
- from
- America
- to
- England
- and
- back
- again.
- Facing
- heartbreak
- and
- poverty,
- discovering
- friendship
- and
- faith,
- against
- all
- the
- odds,
- the
- couple
- struggle
- to
- secure
- a
- love
- that
- will
- endure forever.
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