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Patti Callahan celebrates the marriage between C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman with the following paragraph:
So it came that on March 21, 1957, while I lay in bed in a nightgown with my left leg lifted high on ropes and pulleys, I finally married the love of my life.
The remainder of the book describes how, over a ten year period, a friendship between two writers, one in the United States and another in England, progressed from penpals to their marriage. Both were atheists early in their lives who lat ...more
So it came that on March 21, 1957, while I lay in bed in a nightgown with my left leg lifted high on ropes and pulleys, I finally married the love of my life.
The remainder of the book describes how, over a ten year period, a friendship between two writers, one in the United States and another in England, progressed from penpals to their marriage. Both were atheists early in their lives who lat ...more
Although this book is a slow read, it's very well done and has great quotes. It made me love C.S. Lewis even more. At first I didn't like Joy Davidman and felt her decisions were frustrating, but as the book progressed I respected her more and more. It made me want to read everything C.S. Lewis wrote and to buy Davidman's sonnets. Family B.C.
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