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rparks's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
4.0
I found this book a very valuable and fascinating history from the first hand experience and memories of C. S. Lewis’ step-son. Mr. Gresham shared his memories in an easy-to-read and entertaining manner. His love and respect for his step father was beautiful and made me appreciate Lewis all the more hearing his story from this perspective. This book is definitely a must read for any C.S. Lewis fans!
charityjohnson's review against another edition
3.0
Book by CS Lewis' stepson-abt his life before, during and after his mother's marriage to Lewis. Informative, rounding out the homelife as he remembers it. Something of a confessional.
timlittleford's review against another edition
4.0
Wonderful memoir of growing up with an exceptional family. The loss is tangible, but it's hard not to feel the greatest loss of all is not discussed. His brother David is mentioned only a handful of times but is an absent character. Where was he when Joy and Jack and Warnie died? What happened to his relationship with his brother?
The memoir ends with Douglas finding himself in Australia. Didn't see that one coming.
The memoir ends with Douglas finding himself in Australia. Didn't see that one coming.
katiea714's review against another edition
5.0
Great read. It made me look at all of C.S. Lewis' works differently. Before I read this, I was not really a fan of any of the Narnia books, but now I have a much greater appreciation for them and all of his other works. Looking forward to reading more works by both Gresham and Lewis.
lifegivinglearning's review
5.0
Lenten Lands by Douglas Gresham is a book I wish I could press into everybody’s hands! I found this book through the recommendation of @momma.hailey She actually recommended Jack’s Life by Douglas Gresham. I couldn’t find that one, but I did find Lenten Lands at my sister’s library when I was visiting her for Thanksgiving.
This book is a must read for anyone who loves C. S. Lewis and his writing. The book is written by Lewis’s stepson. I’ve read quite a few of Lewis’s books, and I’ve read biographies about him. But this book provides a personal look at Lewis. It shows what he was like as a person...not an academic or a writer. Douglas shows what it was like to grow up in a home with C. S. Lewis. It shows what an amazing woman Joy Davidman was too.
This book showed me that in addition to being a good writer and a great academic, C. S. Lewis was also a deeply compassionate individual. It shows Lewis as he walks through the joys of love and family and then through the grief of death and loss. I found it to be an engaging and encouraging book. .
“...I am beginning to realize that every point in one’s life at which one loses everything is far more a beginning than an end, for one has lost merely the past, and one has yet to gain the future, and eternity itself.”
This book is a must read for anyone who loves C. S. Lewis and his writing. The book is written by Lewis’s stepson. I’ve read quite a few of Lewis’s books, and I’ve read biographies about him. But this book provides a personal look at Lewis. It shows what he was like as a person...not an academic or a writer. Douglas shows what it was like to grow up in a home with C. S. Lewis. It shows what an amazing woman Joy Davidman was too.
This book showed me that in addition to being a good writer and a great academic, C. S. Lewis was also a deeply compassionate individual. It shows Lewis as he walks through the joys of love and family and then through the grief of death and loss. I found it to be an engaging and encouraging book. .
“...I am beginning to realize that every point in one’s life at which one loses everything is far more a beginning than an end, for one has lost merely the past, and one has yet to gain the future, and eternity itself.”
jmtinsd_58's review
3.0
Douglas Gresham, son of Joy, stepson to Jack, is a charming writer who gives the reader a real picture of life with his mother and later life with CS Lewis and his household at The Kilns. Because he was quite young when his mother and Jack died, this is not an in depth view but rather a series of glances from a schoolboy’s perspective. Still I enjoyed it.
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