Lewis is a story to savor, one which will satisfy those curious about Lewis’s personal life and marriage, and which will garner Callahan many new fans as well.
It’s a story that is still all too relevant for our time, one that speaks of women’s inner strength even as they face societal mores and values, and demonstrates that even the most humble of women can rise up and push through the glass ceiling to work alongside the men who believe in them.īy turns devastating and empowering, Becoming Mrs. This is one of those stories that one finds himself wanting to linger over ponderously, our hearts breaking for a woman fighting for her place in the world during the 1950s, even as she fulfills her roles as wife and mother. From the opening scenes of this novel, when we meet Joy as a the daughter of a demanding father, we are swept up into a life that is both repressed and yet destined for something greater. Writing with her trademark grace and heart, she reveals a powerful, moving true story of self discovery, transcendent faith and how a beautiful marriage was born in the ashes of another. Lewis may very well be Patti Callahan’s crowning achievement. Lewis reveals how Joy not only became Lewis’s whole world, but how they transformed each other’s lives and liberated the unforgettable literary voices neither of them even knew they had.īecoming Mrs. No amount of poverty and heartbreak, or even the very threat of death, could destroy the bond they shared. Yet trips between England and America, as well as all those years of lovely letters, bore an adventure that would transform both their lives, and would lead ultimately to love. What could the creator of Narnia see in her? Also, she was a Ukranian/Polish girl from the Bronx and he was an English don. After all, Joy was already married to another writer, but that union was crumbling under the strain of alcoholism and financial worry. It wasn’t what either of them were looking for. Surely he could understand her plight.Īs they began corresponding to one another from opposite sides of the pond, a friendship and mutual respect was forged, and quite surprisingly, so was love. After all, he was a converted atheist and fellow writer. She needed answers to her spiritual questions, and soon began writing letters to C.S. But how could that be? Despite her questions, she was confident that what she experienced was real. Joy Davidson was a confirmed atheist until the night she had a revelation, found herself praying and felt God enter the fissures of her heart.
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