A Severe Mercy
by Sheldon Vanauken | Religion & Spirituality | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0060688211 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0060688211 Global Overview for this book
Registered by BruceAlexander of Ruidoso, New Mexico USA on 5/3/2014
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All the romance, hope, and faith of a perfect love made eternal glimmers in A Severe Mercy.
Sheldon ("Van") and Jean ("Davy") Vanauken discovered that love so often written of in novels, so seldom found in real life. Their first meeting in a department store. The war that tore the world apart but brought them even closer. Those idyllic afternoons on their boat.
Their love grows into marriage, crosses oceans, and becomes incredibly bound up with a search for faith. Van and Davy meet C. S. Lewis at Oxford, and through his influence become believers. The love that was so complete is transformed by the presence of Christ.
All seems perfect. And then the unthinkable happens: Davy falls prey to a mysterious illness. The story of what follows is an almost unbearably powerful tale of faith mixed with sorrow. Van turns to C. S. Lewis, his friend and mentor, for guidance. Their letters - here published for the first time - ask the tough questions, search for the truth, and show the saving grace of tragedy courageously borne.
No reader will ever forget this tremendously moving reminiscence of two lovers. A Severe Mercy is testimony to life lived at its deepest and of the conquering possibilities of faith and love.
All the romance, hope, and faith of a perfect love made eternal glimmers in A Severe Mercy.
Sheldon ("Van") and Jean ("Davy") Vanauken discovered that love so often written of in novels, so seldom found in real life. Their first meeting in a department store. The war that tore the world apart but brought them even closer. Those idyllic afternoons on their boat.
Their love grows into marriage, crosses oceans, and becomes incredibly bound up with a search for faith. Van and Davy meet C. S. Lewis at Oxford, and through his influence become believers. The love that was so complete is transformed by the presence of Christ.
All seems perfect. And then the unthinkable happens: Davy falls prey to a mysterious illness. The story of what follows is an almost unbearably powerful tale of faith mixed with sorrow. Van turns to C. S. Lewis, his friend and mentor, for guidance. Their letters - here published for the first time - ask the tough questions, search for the truth, and show the saving grace of tragedy courageously borne.
No reader will ever forget this tremendously moving reminiscence of two lovers. A Severe Mercy is testimony to life lived at its deepest and of the conquering possibilities of faith and love.
Journal Entry 2 by BruceAlexander at Church of the Holy Mount (Episcopal) in Ruidoso, New Mexico USA on Monday, October 29, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (10/27/2018 UTC) at Church of the Holy Mount (Episcopal) in Ruidoso, New Mexico USA
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