{"product_id":"2940169749526","title":"Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C. S. Lewis","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first full biography of Joy Davidman brings her out from C. S. Lewis¿ shadow, where she has long been hidden, to reveal a powerful writer and thinker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoy Davidman is known, if she is known at all, as the wife of C. S. Lewis. Their marriage was immortalized in the film \u003ci\u003eShadowlands\u003c\/i\u003e and Lewis¿ memoir \u003ci\u003eA Grief Observed\u003c\/i\u003e. Now, through extraordinary new documents as well as years of research and interviews, Abigail Santamaria brings Joy Davidman Gresham Lewis to the page in the fullness and depth she deserves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA poet and radical, Davidman was a frequent contributor to the communist vehicle \u003ci\u003eNew Masses\u003c\/i\u003e and an active member of New York literary circles in the 1930s and ¿40s. Born Jewish in the Bronx, she was an atheist, then a practitioner of Dianetics; she converted to Christianity after experiencing a moment of transcendent grace. A mother, a novelist, a vibrant and difficult and intelligent woman, she set off for England in 1952, determined to captivate the man whose work had changed her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavidman became the intellectual and spiritual partner Lewis never expected but cherished. She helped him refine his autobiography, \u003ci\u003eSurprised by Joy\u003c\/i\u003e, and to write his novel \u003ci\u003eTill We Have Faces\u003c\/i\u003e. Their relationship¿begun when Joy wrote to Lewis as a religious guide¿grew from a dialogue about faith, writing, and poetry into a deep friendship and a timeless love story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Blackstone Audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098164773104,"sku":"2940169749526","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169749526_p0.jpg?v=1769899314","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169749526","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}