C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman Gresham
Shadowlands is a very interesting and ultimately heart-warming story of the relationship between C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman Gresham.
You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me. — C. S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis, born Clive Staples Lewis and later known as “Jack” to his friends and family, was born November 29, 1898, in Belfast, Ireland. Lewis's parents were Albert J. Lewis and Florence Augusta Hamilton Lewis. Sadly, he lost his mom to cancer when he was only nine. His older brother, Warren Hamilton Lewis (aka Warnie), outlived him by 10 years.
In 1916, Lewis attended University College in Oxford, and within a year from the beginning of World War I, he enlisted in the British Army. After becoming wounded, he was discharged in 1919, but while enlisted, he established a friendship with a man named Paddy Moore who was later killed in 1918. Lewis had promised Moore he would make sure his family was taken care of, so to honor his promise, he lived with Moore’s mother and sister until the three of them and Lewis’ brother, Warren, all purchased a home at what is known as “The Kilns” in Oxford, which was also where Lewis lived from 1930 through 1963. The Kilns is a stretch of land which now supports eight houses.
