A Grief Observed

C.S. Lewis 1961

Devastation Rating

Emotionally Ruined
grief faith memoir death

Our Take

Lewis wrote these notebooks after his wife Joy died, not for publication, under a pseudonym. The grief is theological — he is arguing with God, accusing God, discovering what faith feels like when it is no longer abstract. The notebook form means you watch him think rather than conclude.

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