![]() ![]() It was unprotected and unedited and unrestrained. ![]() I discovered it really was Lewis’ journal I was reading. I’m not certain I even turned past the first page. So, as a young adult, I picked up A Grief Observed. I especially wanted to find out how Lewis processed the death of this woman who miraculously disturbed the “the placid surface of his existence”-as his stepson, Douglas Gresham put it in the introduction (14)-only to be snatched away as love deepened. As engaging and intriguing as Hopkins was-I still think of a Hopkinsian Lewis when I imagine him walking in fields or lecturing to crowds-I just wasn’t sure Hollywood captured him well. ![]() My instinctive distrust of Hollywood’s ability to capture complex religious characters made me wonder how Lewis’ faith perspective was twisted or strained. I had recently seen Shadowlands with Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger, and I was curious about Lewis’ own version of the events. Lewis’ A Grief Observed for the first time. ![]()
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