{"product_id":"book-bi7n","title":"Joy","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","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49300798177584,"sku":"BDbi7n","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49300798210352,"sku":"ZEbi7n","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD [ZM]","offer_id":49300798243120,"sku":"ZMbi7n","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/bi7n-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775780352","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-bi7n","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}