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Becoming Mrs. Lewis: The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis

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What I saw in Joy was nothing but a selfish woman who led her own brand of spirituality through her own will, then sprinkled a little "God" talk over it, rather than putting Jesus first. She dives into “history and philosophy books, with religious texts and pamphlets,” it changes her religious view or rather non-religious. She seemed to leave her children and spend months away from them knowing the environment in which they lived. DEAR RICHARD: Now retired from 50 years of college teaching and having no more student papers to grade and critique, I address your recent U-T column. The characters represented here do not resonate with actual Christians who have read any of the Bible, rather than just sort of skimmed through it.

Lewis was a man who enjoyed the simple life, a good (fag) cigarette, a whiskey and simple friendships. I was excited to learn more about their life (with a little bit of flair as it’s biographical fiction) but it’s dead boring and very frustrating.When I was eight, my aunt visited, with her car packed to the roof with boxes of books that she had enjoyed as a child. Upon completion and this might seem a bit silly, but Becoming Mrs Lewis is definitely a book that made me feel like for just a few hours, Joy and C. I was really interested in this book when it came out and grabbed a copy as soon as I could, but I DNF’d it because I found the beginning dull. Lewis podcast, as well as extensive bonus material not previously released, including an additional episode not released on the original podcast. Overall, I am a little let-down I didn’t have the experience I was hoping for with this book- but I did like the book enough to give it a three- star rating- mostly based on the quality of the writing and that I learned a lot about Joy’s life and found her journey to be unique and interesting, if very sad.

I thought it read very much like a book written during that time, rather than a book written in the modern day but set then.And we get to see a million little details in their love story that show how healthy and beautiful love can be. Baring that, this was a poignant story of friendship and love, of happiness found, and of knowing that at any time when life seems to be at its lowest ebb, there is hope. Even though I knew what was to going to happen to bring the book to a close, I still found a tear escaping my eye. Patti attended Auburn University for her undergraduate work and Georgia State University for her graduate degree.

Joy Davidman had a lot of unrequited love that was expressed so many times that I became bored with the relationship.

This book of fiction imagines that world where Joy and Lewis correspond, meet and eventually marry after many years and as the story continues we see the tragedies of their lives unfold.

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