From New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan comes an exquisite novel of Joy Davidman, the woman C. --Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours Profoundly evocative, revealing an intimate view of a woman whose love and story.
A literary treasure from first page to last.
Lewis\'s books but also by the woman who won his heart.
S. --Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan\'s Tale I was swept along, filled with hope, and entirely beguiled, not only by the life lived behind the veil of C.
The result is a deeply moving story about love and loss that is transformative and magical. . .
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.
Patti Callahan Henry breathes wondrous fresh life into one of the greatest literary love stories of all time .
At once a fascinating historical novel and a glimpse into a writer\'s life, Becoming Mrs.
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.
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.
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, finding a love that even the threat of death couldn\'t destroy.
Everything about New Yorker Joy seemed ill-matched for an Oxford don and the beloved writer of Narnia, yet their minds bonded over their letters.
Love, after all, wasn\'t holding together her crumbling marriage.
Lewis--known as Jack--she was looking for spiritual answers, not love.
S.
When poet and writer Joy Davidman began writing letters to C.
In a world where women were silenced, she found her voice.
Lewis\'s Love Storya behind-the-scenes essay: Oxford--The CityIn a most improbable friendship, she found love.
S. --Paula McLain, New York Times bestselling authorNew Expanded Edition includes: a map of Oxfordan Expanded discussion guide with 20+ questions for book clubsa timeline of Jack\'s and Joy\'s LivesJoy\'s (imagined) letter to Jack10 Things You May Not Know About Joy Davidman and C.
Luminous and penetrating.
Lewis called my whole world.
S.
From New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan comes an exquisite novel of Joy Davidman, the woman C
