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A review by reneesmith
Becoming Mrs. Lewis: The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis by Patti Callahan
5.0
C. S. Lewis once said, “It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
This quote sums up Becoming Mrs. Lewis for me. Joy Davidman Gresham Lewis came from just such a tawdry background. But two things about this strong woman amazed me: that even she was brought to her knees by a tender & forgiving Savior and that she was able to see past the façade to the treasure inside an aging, frumpy British professor. Her life was too short to see how her personality might have blossomed under their nurturing.
Congrats to Patti Callahan for writing such a thorough, dramatic story! This book brought the people and time period to vibrant life. Though not a gentle story, I definitely saw God’s grace through the changes going on inside Joy as she followed her path to joy!
This quote sums up Becoming Mrs. Lewis for me. Joy Davidman Gresham Lewis came from just such a tawdry background. But two things about this strong woman amazed me: that even she was brought to her knees by a tender & forgiving Savior and that she was able to see past the façade to the treasure inside an aging, frumpy British professor. Her life was too short to see how her personality might have blossomed under their nurturing.
Congrats to Patti Callahan for writing such a thorough, dramatic story! This book brought the people and time period to vibrant life. Though not a gentle story, I definitely saw God’s grace through the changes going on inside Joy as she followed her path to joy!