Description
Product ID: | 9780310104803 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Title: | Becoming Mrs. Lewis |
Subtitle: | The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis |
Authors: | Author: Patti Callahan |
Page Count: | 400 |
Subjects: | Fiction and Related items, Fiction & related items |
Description: | Select Guide Rating One of the great love stories of modern times, Becoming Mrs. Lewis reveals the passionate, private lives of a beloved, world-renowned author, C.S. Lewis, and the brilliant, fiercely independent woman he called ‘my whole World’. ***SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 ROMANTIC NOVEL AWARDS*** ''Luminous and penetrating'' Paula McLain A 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. |
Imprint Name: | Harper Inspire |
Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2019-05-16 |