{"product_id":"a-grief-observed-isbn-9780060652739","title":"A Grief Observed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I am grateful to Lewis for having the courage to yell, to doubt, to kick at God in angry violence. This is a part of a healthy grief which is not often encouraged.\" - Madeline L'Engle?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with love, humility, and faith, this brief but poignant volume was first published under a pseudonym, as it was considered too raw. Written moment-to-moment as Lewis processed the loss of his wife to cancer, this is more than a mere book on grief, but a visceral hand outstretched in the darkness, a reluctant guide through the \"mad midnight moments\" of mourning and loss. ?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey learnings that Lewis discusses are:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e·       Pain is instrumental in the process of spiritual growth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e·       Through hardship we often gain the best wisdom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e·       Memories are treasures that will comfort you tomorrow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work inspired the award-winning film The Shadowlands, starring Anthony Hopkins.? Writing \u003cem\u003eA Grief Observed\u003c\/em\u003e as \"a defense against total collapse, a safety valve,\" he came to recognize that \"bereavement is a universal and integral part of our experience of love.\" \u003cem\u003eA Grief Observed\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us that, “Grief is like a long valley, a winding valley where any bend may reveal a totally new landscape.” \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e | \u003cp\u003eWritten with love, humility, and faith, this brief but poignant volume was first published in 1961 and concerns the death of C. S. Lewis's wife, the American-born poet Joy Davidman. In her introduction to this new edition, Madeleine L'Engle writes: \"I am grateful to Lewis for having the courage to yell, to doubt, to kick at God in angry violence. This is a part of a healthy grief which is not often encouraged. It is helpful indeed that C. S. Lewis, who has been such a successful apologist for Christianity, should have the courage to admit doubt about what he has so superbly proclaimed. It gives us permission to admit our own doubts, our own angers and anguishes, and to know that they are part of the soul's growth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in longhand in notebooks that Lewis found in his home, \u003cem\u003eA Grief Observed\u003c\/em\u003e probes the \"mad midnight moments\" of Lewis's mourning and loss, moments in which he questioned what he had previously believed about life and death, marriage, and even God. Indecision and self-pity assailed Lewis. \"We are under the harrow and can't escape,\" he writes. \"I know that the thing I want is exactly the thing I can never get. The old life, the jokes, the drinks, the arguments, the lovemaking, the tiny, heartbreaking commonplace.\"  Writing \u003cem\u003eA Grief Observed\u003c\/em\u003e as \"a defense against total collapse, a safety valve,\" he came to recognize that \"bereavement is a universal and integral part of our experience of love.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLewis writes his statement of faith with precision, humor, and grace. Yet neither is Lewis reluctant to confess his continuing doubts and his awareness of his own human frailty. This is precisely the quality which suggests that \u003cem\u003eA Grief Observed\u003c\/em\u003e may become \"among the great devotional books of our age.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperOne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888642519269,"sku":"NP9780060652739","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060652739.jpg?v=1730229512","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-grief-observed-isbn-9780060652739","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}