{"product_id":"becoming-mrs-lewis-expanded-edition-9780785218098","title":"Becoming Mrs. Lewis: Expanded Edition","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Patti Callahan comes an exquisite novel of Joy Davidman, the woman C. S. Lewis called \"my whole world.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Luminous and penetrating.\" --Paula McLain, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew expanded edition includes: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ea map of Oxford\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ean expanded discussion guide with 20+ questions for book clubs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ea timeline of Jack's and Joy's Lives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoy's (imagined) letter to Jack\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10 Things You May Not Know About Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis's Love Story\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ea behind-the-scenes essay: Oxford--The City\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a most improbable friendship, she found love. In a world where women were silenced, she found her voice.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once a fascinating historical novel and a glimpse into a writer's life, \u003cem\u003eBecoming Mrs. Lewis\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Patti Callahan Henry breathes wondrous fresh life into one of the greatest literary love stories of all time . . . The result is a deeply moving story about love and loss that is transformative and magical.\" --Pam Jenoff, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Orphan's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"I was swept along, filled with hope, and entirely beguiled, not only by the life lived behind the veil of C. S. Lewis's books but also by the woman who won his heart. A literary treasure from first page to last.\" --Lisa Wingate, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eBefore We Were Yours\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Profoundly evocative, revealing an intimate view of a woman whose love and story had never been fully told . . . until now . . . \u003cem\u003eBecoming Mrs. Lewis\u003c\/em\u003e is a tour de force and the must-read of the season \" --Mary Alice Monroe, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eBeach House Reunion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Patti Callahan somehow inhabits Davidman, taking her readers inside the writer's hungry mind and heart. We keenly feel Davidman's struggle to become her own person at a time (the 1950s) when women had few options . . . An astonishing work of biographical fiction.\" --Lynn Cullen, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eMrs. Poe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Patti Callahan breathes life into this fascinating woman whose hunger for knowledge leads her to buck tradition at every turn.\" --Diane Chamberlain, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Dream Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Nelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780785218098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.30d","brand":"Patti Callahan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36642847817884,"sku":"9780785218098","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_977ef6d9-0c39-4c28-bb29-03ef80fb5d65.jpg?v=1603855626","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/becoming-mrs-lewis-expanded-edition-9780785218098","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}