Out of My Bone: The Letters of Joy Davidman (SIGNED. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION.)

SIGNED. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, 2018. Joy Davidman, C. S. Lewis' wife and subject of the movie Shadowlands, was a brilliant person. When she and Lewis played Scrabble, they allowed any word in in any language. She was a gifted writer which is on display in these letters. Signed by editor Don W. King on the title page. Contains: Acknowledgements, Introduction, Chronology of Joy Davidman's Life, Letters, and a Bibliography. Indexed. xxxiv, 387 pp. New. ABOUT THIS BOOK: "When Joy Davidman died of cancer in 1960, C. S. Lewis, her husband of only four years, wrote one of the great twentieth century classics about loss and grief. Who was the American woman about whom Lewis says in A Grief Observed, 'It is incredible how much happiness, even how much gaiety, we sometimes had together after all hope was gone'? Who was this woman whose love story with Lewis became the play, and later the major move, Shadowlands? Although best known as Lewis's wife, 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, most never published before, and her autobiographical essay, 'The Longest Way Round'." (From the back cover). ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Don W. King has been a professor of English at Montreat College since 1974 and has served as editor of the Christian Scholar's Review since 1999. He has published scholarly articles in many journals and contributed articles on Lewis's poetry to the C. S. Lewis Readers' Encyclopedia and to C. S. Lewis: Life, Works and Legacy. He is the author of several additional books about Lewis and those closest to him. Full refund if not satisfied. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien & the Inklings.