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Book Review: Becoming Mrs. Lewis

08 Saturday Dec 2018

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Becoming Mrs. Lewis, book review, BookLook, books, C.S. Lewis, Christian fiction, Christian living, dream, England, hope, joy, lost, Patti Callahan, writer

I received a copy of Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan through BookLook Bloggers.

 

After hearing some ladies in Modern Mrs. Darcy Book Club discussing Becoming Mrs. Lewis, I knew I would enjoy it. A new friend of mine and I decided to read it, so I eagerly selected it as my first choice after joining BookLook. This historical fiction novel broadened my knowledge of C.S. Lewis, introduced me to his wife Joy and did not disappoint.

As Joy points out everything starts with words and acknowledges even the bible shares this truth, and her deep friendship with C.S. Lewis, who goes by Jack, begins no differently. She seeks his advice as a new Christian convert, and their letter writing turns into a regular correspondence and later a personal friendship. As a Christian unsure of how to trust God amidst difficult circumstances at home, Joy captures a feeling many have experienced to some extent. She feels lost and unsure how to move forward while still honoring God’s expectations for her. Of course she also desires to feel loved and understood. Both Joy and Jack find a depth to their friendship than broadens their understanding of theology, themselves and life. This grounds their work together as well as the family they ultimately bond.

This story delivers all I anticipated for a good novel about a historical figure who I wanted to know more. The inclusions of letters throughout the narrative gives it a personal feel, and that matches the closeness Jack and Joy feel to each other as they become best friends and work partners on books. Joy’s backstory gives a good understanding of her life and allows me to empathize with her plights. She makes a relatable character, and I find myself dreaming of going to England for some healing and writing inspiration myself. I can’t imagine what it must have been like to live in England during that time, as Lewis regularly meets with Tolkien (Tollers to his friends) and other notable writers and periodically meets with Sayers, not to mention share his literature knowledge at Oxford and Cambridge. I would love to spend a day amongst such great minds! This book gives me a glimpse into two very neat lives and makes me appreciate their writing contributions.

 

I recommend this book to anyone interested in C.S. Lewis. The writing might not hold the same level as Lewis’s, but the story does have depth that can add to your knowledge bank on such a neat figure. This isn’t my first read revolving around Lewis’s work, and it certainly won’t be the last.

Our Time, Our Days

28 Monday Aug 2017

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anchor, becoming, crossroads, found, homecoming, hope, leaving, lost, love, poem, poetry, stay, time, welcoming

just as I was leaving

you found me again

now we’re right back

onto that same track

 

you make me want to stay

you make me want to go

wherever you decide now

I’ll figure out how

 

each with a foot out the door

we found an anchor of hope

like a welcoming homecoming

a reminder of becoming

 

when we lost touch then

we lost our way to stay

yet here at a crossroads now

we have place to share our odes

 

you kept in my time

feelings ticking on your wrist

a subtle reminder of me

and what we may not see to be

 

while I tucked away mine

let the hands fall still

waiting for a chance to tick

yet on your day it’d stick

 

 

 

 

because once we reached

our time coincided

the days the same

despite what the calendar said

 

 

July 20, 2017

 

Shadow Children

15 Wednesday Apr 2015

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adulthood, childhood, depression, Haiku, haunting, lost, memories, memory, NaPoWriMo, poem, poetry, promise, shadows

Childhood haunting

Shadowed adulthood shaping

A promise losing

Confession

09 Tuesday Sep 2014

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comfort, confession, darkness, depression, doubt, found, friend, lost, medication, perspective, poem, poetry

I confessed my love

I no longer hide

And cannot only blame

The stupor over me

 

You brought to light

The one good feeling

In this foggy horizon

A smile after the tears

 

Your ear drowned the sound

Of my heart chasing doubt

Your arms always caught me

Seeing me and keeping me

 

The pills brought me down

As I fell to a darker space

But you found me again

And showed me myself

 

You loved me at my lowest

Beautiful eyes behind the blues

You saw my originality, perspective

And treasured all hidden inside

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