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Lenten Lands: My Childhood with Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis (1988)

door Douglas H. Gresham

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Including the True Story of the Remarkable Love Affair between Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis There has probably never been a less likely couple: she, an American divorcee and the mother of two young boys; he, an Oxford don and confirmed bachelor who inhabited an eccentric household with his brother, a retired Royal Army major. Yet the relationship of C. S. Lewis and Joy Davidman, portrayed in this moving autobiography by her son Douglas Gresham, was destined to become of the most deeply moving love stories of our time.… (meer)
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Really enjoyed this read! ( )
  kburne1 | Aug 13, 2022 |
Memoir by a fellow who happened to be the stepson of C.S. Lewis, partly about Lewis while he was married to Joy, partly about Gresham's life. It's entertaining but he has kind of a florid writing style that I don't like, and there are flashes of cranky snobbery - how things have declined since socialism, railway strikes are "the small man's modern method of exerting power for power's sake", etc.

I gave up on this after Joy and C. S. Lewis both died and the griping about the sinister servants began. He cites the cook's remarks like "Wouldn't Mrs. Lewis 'ave loved those roses?" as cruel examples of her power to make Mr. Lewis cry, which is so strange I can't wrap my mind around it. Every grieving person I've known has been delighted to know that others remember their dear one, even if that memory brings tears. Anyway, I realized I wasn't interested in Gresham's life after that and I disliked him. He didn't provide much insight into Lewis or his mother's relationship with him, either. What a prat. ( )
  piemouth | Jan 29, 2013 |
There's always something compelling about an insider's perspective. In Lenten Lands, we have the ultimate insider's perspective on the home life of C. S. Lewis from Douglas Gresham, Lewis' step-son.

I bought the book to learn more about Lewis, but I was quickly engrossed by the life journey of Joy Davidman and her son. Gresham tells his story with simplicity and generosity. You can almost feel the joy of life at the Kilns, Jack and Warnie's home.

Sprinkled throughout the text are occasional flashes of insight such as this:

"As Jack said, 'It is not important to succeed, but to do right. The rest is up to God.'"

Lenten Lands will appeal to C. S. Lewis fans as well as plain old memoir lovers. ( )
  StephenBarkley | Jun 24, 2012 |
The story of CS Lewis and Joy Davidman from a totally different perspective - one of Joy's sons, Douglas. It is obviously written from a loving son's point of view, but well written nonetheless, and contains some very interesting stories of their life together.
  wisdomlore | Feb 26, 2012 |
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Remember HELEN JOY DAVIDMAN
D. July 1960
Loved wife of C. S. Lewis

Here the whole world (stars, water, air,
And field, and forest, as they were
Reflected in a single mind)
Like cast off clothes was left behind
In ashes yet with hopes that she,
Re-born from holy poverty,
In lenten lands, hereafter may
Resume them on her Easter Day.
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To this collection of memories,
I wish to add one more small memory.
I knew her for a very short time,
but in that time I grew to love her,
surprisingly deeply. So this book is
dedicated to the memory of Erika Dorsett,
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the 2nd of February, 1983, at the age of ten.
I too loved "Who."
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The candle flame stood tall and unmoving, creating its own small pool of light in the darkness which seemed to surround me.
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Including the True Story of the Remarkable Love Affair between Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis There has probably never been a less likely couple: she, an American divorcee and the mother of two young boys; he, an Oxford don and confirmed bachelor who inhabited an eccentric household with his brother, a retired Royal Army major. Yet the relationship of C. S. Lewis and Joy Davidman, portrayed in this moving autobiography by her son Douglas Gresham, was destined to become of the most deeply moving love stories of our time.

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