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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Gresham here recalls his 11 years at The Kilns, a ramshackle house near Oxford owned by the eminent novelist Clive Staples (Jack) Lewis. Son of American novelist W. L. Gresham ( Nightmare Alley ), seven-year-old Douglas went to England in 1952 and, with his recently divorced mother, Joy Davidman, moved in with Lewis, who married her in 1956, when she appeared to be dying of cancer. After her near-miraculous but temporary recovery, and despite Lewis's own increasingly painful osteoporosis, the two were happy together until her death four years later. Gresham writes lovingly of his relationship with them, and with Lewis's alcoholic brother Warnie. He also describes his own happy marriage and eventual settlement in Tasmania as a farmer and broadcaster.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Joy Davidman Lewis's son refers to his childhood as a "privilege," but the title of his book suggests that it resembled a penetential preparation for adulthood. His own father was alcoholic and sometimes violent; his mother was also abusive, first physically and later emotionally, abandoning her young sons to the cruelties of a mediocre public school so as to be unimpeded in her pursuit of Lewis, who later became Gresham's stepfather. Gresham's desolution at Lewis's death in 1963, his courtship and marriage, and his roustabout life in Australia provide a poignant coda to the story of his childhood. This memoir will enhance Lewis's stature while deepening the mystery of his genuine and passionate love for Joy Davidman. Barbara J. Dunlap, City Coll., CUNY
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Gresham here recalls his 11 years at The Kilns, a ramshackle house near Oxford owned by the eminent novelist Clive Staples (Jack) Lewis. Son of American novelist W. L. Gresham ( Nightmare Alley ), seven-year-old Douglas went to England in 1952 and, with his recently divorced mother, Joy Davidman, moved in with Lewis, who married her in 1956, when she appeared to be dying of cancer. After her near-miraculous but temporary recovery, and despite Lewis's own increasingly painful osteoporosis, the two were happy together until her death four years later. Gresham writes lovingly of his relationship with them, and with Lewis's alcoholic brother Warnie. He also describes his own happy marriage and eventual settlement in Tasmania as a farmer and broadcaster.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Joy Davidman Lewis's son refers to his childhood as a "privilege," but the title of his book suggests that it resembled a penetential preparation for adulthood. His own father was alcoholic and sometimes violent; his mother was also abusive, first physically and later emotionally, abandoning her young sons to the cruelties of a mediocre public school so as to be unimpeded in her pursuit of Lewis, who later became Gresham's stepfather. Gresham's desolution at Lewis's death in 1963, his courtship and marriage, and his roustabout life in Australia provide a poignant coda to the story of his childhood. This memoir will enhance Lewis's stature while deepening the mystery of his genuine and passionate love for Joy Davidman. Barbara J. Dunlap, City Coll., CUNY
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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