After you experience the magic of Narnia, allow
New York Times
bestselling author Patti Callahan to introduce you to Joy Davidman: the brilliant writer, fiercely independent mother, and passionate woman who captured the heart of C.S. Lewis and inspired the books that still enchant and change us today.
When poet and writer Joy Davidman began writing letters to C. S. Lewis—known as Jack—she was looking for spiritual answers, not love. Love, after all, wasn't holding together her crumbling marriage. Everything about New Yorker Joy seemed ill-matched for an Oxford professor and the beloved writer of The Chronicles of Narnia, yet their minds bonded over their letters.
Embarking on the adventure of her life, Joy traveled from America to England and back again, facing heartbreak and poverty, discovering friendship and faith, and against all odds, found a love that even the threat of death couldn't destroy.
In this masterful exploration of one of the greatest love stories of modern times, we meet a brilliant writer, a fiercely independent mother, and a passionate woman who changed the life of this respected author and inspired books that still enchant us and change us. Joy lived at a time when women weren't meant to have a voice—and yet her love for Jack gave them both voices they didn't know they had.
At once a fascinating historical novel and a glimpse into a writer's life,
Becoming Mrs. Lewis
is above all a love story—a love of literature and ideas and a love between a husband and wife that, in the end, was not impossible at all.
Expanded Edition includes:
a map of Oxford
an expanded discussion guide with more than 20 questions that are perfect for book clubs
a timeline of Jack's and Joy's lives
Joy's (imagined) letter to Jack
10 things you may not know about Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis's love story
and a behind-the-scenes essay on the city of Oxford.