surprised by joy the shape of my early life

But I am surprised it is such a popular book. In the end, I am glad I read Surprised by Joy because it gives more background on Lewis and get a better feel for him as a person. I had always assumed that Surprised by Joy was about his relationship to Joy Davidson, but it was written long before he met and married her. And Lyle Dorsett titled his biography of Joy Davidson (CS Lewis’ wife) Surprised by Love (first edition of the book was called And God Came In). Carolyn Weber’s Surprised by Oxford was the story of how she came to faith at Oxford and she intentionally modeled the title after Lewis’s book. What really moved me to read this is the fact that two books I really like were adapted titles. One I have enjoyed more than almost any other is his Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer. I really like Screwtape Letters and the Great Divorce and enjoyed Till We Have Faces. I have tried Mere Christianity a couple times but I have not finished it.

I picked up the Science Fiction trilogy when it was on sale last year but I have not read it yet. But as a person that considers myself fairly well read, I have not read nearly as much CS Lewis as I feel like I should have. If you have not read the Chronicles of Narnia, then you will have read Screwtape Letters or Mere Christianity (I never have) or his Science Fiction Trilogy or one of his other books.

Summary: Memoir of CS Lewis’ early life and how he came to faith.ĬS Lewis is an author that you just have to read if you are a Christian.

Surprised by joy the shape of my early life