{"product_id":"b07bb5psjf","title":"Becoming Mrs. Lewis: Expanded Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter you experience the magic of Narnia, allow  New York Times  bestselling author Patti Callahan to introduce you to Joy Davidman: the brilliant writer, fiercely independent mother, and passionate woman who captured the heart of C.S. Lewis and inspired the books that still enchant and change us today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen poet and writer Joy Davidman began writing letters to C. S. Lewis--known as Jack--she was looking for spiritual answers, not love. Love, after all, wasn't holding together her crumbling marriage. Everything about New Yorker Joy seemed ill-matched for an Oxford professor and the beloved writer of The Chronicles of Narnia, yet their minds bonded over their letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmbarking on the adventure of her life, Joy traveled from America to England and back again, facing heartbreak and poverty, discovering friendship and faith, and against all odds, found a love that even the threat of death couldn't destroy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this masterful exploration of one of the greatest love stories of modern times, we meet a brilliant writer, a fiercely independent mother, and a passionate woman who changed the life of this respected author and inspired books that still enchant us and change us. Joy lived at a time when women weren't meant to have a voice--and yet her love for Jack gave them both voices they didn't know they had.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt once a fascinating historical novel and a glimpse into a writer's life,  Becoming Mrs. Lewis  is above all a love story--a love of literature and ideas and a love between a husband and wife that, in the end, was not impossible at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpanded Edition includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ea map of Oxford an expanded discussion guide with more than 20 questions that are perfect for book clubs a timeline of Jack's and Joy's lives Joy's (imagined) letter to Jack 10 things you may not know about Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis's love story and a behind-the-scenes essay on the city of Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52836642062552,"sku":"YSL62074","price":7.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/812zzqT0UEL._SY1500.jpg?v=1793271981","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b07bb5psjf","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}