#Review: Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan @pcalhenry @TNZFiction #BecomingMrsLewis #Netgalley1/10/2018 Release date - 2nd October 2018
Book length - 416 pages Publisher - Thomas Nelson Worldwide - www.bookdepository.com Amazon UK - www.amazon.co.uk Amazon US - www.amazon.com I voluntarily reviewed this book via Netgalley. ABOUT THIS BOOK In a most improbable friendship, she found love. In a world where women were silenced, she found her voice. From New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan comes an exquisite novel of Joy Davidman, the woman C. S. Lewis called “my whole world.” 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 don and the beloved writer 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, finding 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. MY REVIEW BECOMING MRS. LEWIS by Patti Callahan is a well-researched, historical, fictionalised story of Joy Davidman and the relationship that develops between her and C.S. Lewis. What started as a quest for spiritual guidance after a moment of enlightenment, soon becomes more important and more emotional as Joy finds a connection with Jack, aka C.S. Lewis. Opposites in so many ways, this is the story of how love can overcome so many obstacles such as poverty and heartbreak, to inspire books that still enchant us to this day. As we walk alongside Joy and all that is happening in her life we see a strong spirit, a talented writer and a determined woman that wanted to follow her own path. To be honest I didn't really know much about Mrs. Lewis before reading this book and this book really brings their complicated story to light in such an elegant and fascinating way that I struggled to put this book down. BECOMING MRS. LEWIS by Patti Callahan is a book about ideas, about finding your place and voice in this world, about feeling connected and complete, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Definitely a must-read for historical fiction fans. AUTHOR BIO Patti Callahan Henry is a New York Times bestselling author of thirteen novels, including the upcoming BECOMING MRS. LEWIS – The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis. A finalist in the Townsend Prize for Fiction, an Indie Next Pick, an OKRA pick, and a multiple nominee for the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Novel of the Year, Patti is a frequent speaker at luncheons, book clubs and women’s groups. For more information: Website - www.patticallahanhenry.com Twitter - twitter.com/pcalhenry Facebook - www.facebook.com/AuthorPattiCallahanHenry Instagram - www.instagram.com/pattichenry/
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