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Out of My Bone: The Letters of Joy Davidman: The Letters and Autobiography of Joy Davidman
by
Don W. King
Although best known as the wife of C.S. Lewis, Joy Davidman was an accomplished writer in her own right, with several published works to her credit. "Out of My Bone" tells Davidman's life story in her own words through her numerous letters.
Hardcover
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426 pages
Published
January 27th 2009
by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
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Joy Davidman's incisive mind and irrepressible wit come through very clearly in her letters. The middle section gets rather tedious with her constant requests for money from her first husband -- I mean, she obviously needed it very badly, but in a collection of letters it does get a bit tiresome. Though I'm not fond of abridgments, I almost wonder if that part couldn't have been condensed a little. Also, the footnotes could have been better -- they went back and forth between being redundant, an
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The first section of letters were ones she wrote as reviews of books, etc. They were sassy and fun, but not as interesting as the later section of letters which were personal letters. She says what she means in a direct but kind way. She has a positive outlook on life even through her trials. I grew interested in this woman when I first saw the movie Shadowlands many years ago, and this book gives more insight into her life and her relationship with C.S. Lewis.
The collected letters of C.S. Lewis' wife, from her time as a youthful Communist, through her conversion to Christianity and eventual marriage to Lewis. The letters show her incisive mind and penetrating intellect, as well as the development of her thought over several decades.
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