Surprised by Love, Lyle W. Dorsett
Surprised by Love, Lyle W. Dorsett
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Surprised by Love
Her Life and Marriage to C.S. Lewis

Author: Lyle W. Dorsett

Narrator: Lyle W. Dorsett

Unabridged: 4 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2005


Synopsis

In late 1956, an item in The Times of London stunned England's literary set. Confirmed bachelor and celebrated Christian apologist C.S. Lewis announced his marriage to Joy Gresham. His choice could not have been more unlikely. Joy was an American, a divorcee, an ex-communist, and a former atheist. Yet this extraordinary and fascinating woman made a great impact on Lewis and his writings in the short time they together.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dave

The amazing journey of a brilliant American poet/novelist, a militant atheist and Communist who converted to Christianity and improbably ended up marrying C.S. Lewis. This is a story of God's grace and a striking example of the truth that "His ways are not our ways."......more

Goodreads review by Brian

I did not have a four-star expectation of this book, and it bordered on a five-star experience. I started reading it out of a desire to round out my knowledge of her husband. But Joy is captivating in her own right. She is at least captivating enough to hold the reader's interest for the length of t......more

Goodreads review by Kris

Quite lovely! This is a short and easy introduction to Joy's life and her relationship with Lewis. I enjoyed seeing Lewis from the perspective of an American woman of the time.......more

Years ago, I knew a society woman with a golden son: beautiful, hard-working, single. She had in mind the kind of woman who'd make a proper wife: polished, refined, perhaps a Wellesley graduate. Instead, he fell in love with a country girl of little education and less sophistication, but who knew ho......more