Shadowlands

Sibley, Brian

ISBN 10: 0001047965 ISBN 13: 9780001047969

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1998

Synopsis

The love story of C. S. Lewis and Joy Gresham, she taking time out from an unfaithful husband, he a confirmed batchelor, author and lecturer at Oxford.

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From the Back Cover:

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 was one of England's leading Christians, author of 'The Screwtape Letters, Mere Christianity' and 'Narnia Chronicles', a confirmed bachelor of 54 and a lecturer at Oxford who delighted in the company of men like J R R Tolkien.

And so began one of the most unlikely and beautiful love stories of all time. 'We feasted on love', said Lewis, 'every mode of it – solemn and merry, romantic as a thunderstorm, sometimes as comfortable and unemphatic as putting on your slippers.'

'Shadowlands' is a superb account of that triumphant tragic love, for only 8 years later Lewis was writing, 'She died. She is dead. Is the world so difficult to learn?' and finding no consolation in his faith.

Synopsis:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0001047965
• ISBN 13: 9780001047969
• Binding: Audio Cassette