Comments on: Book Review: A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis

By: The Unbearable Lightness of Co-Suffering « Paying Attention To The Sky

The Unbearable Lightness of Co-Suffering « Paying Attention To The Sky — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:31:34 +0000

[...] reminds us of C. S. Lewis’s autobiographical A Grief Observed. Lewis wrote about his suffering as a result of his wife’s death (and her suffering in the [...]

By: Alice Robertson

Alice Robertson — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 02:15:56 +0000

How I enjoyed this blog post. A year ago my daughter was diagnosed with cancer, and through the writings of Lewis I realized my fear was actually a form of grief….grief of a mother who could not protect her child from cancer, treatment, and pain. This book is all too real…the detractors should be grateful they have not suffered through the dark unknown to the extent that would create a writing so deeply touching to those who have. I, too, blogged about this book touching and changing my life. I, recently, reread it and fell in love with Lewis all over again….and love is healing to a crushed spirit…..he makes my heart dance to a splendid melody.

Thank you for this post!

By: We Have No “Right to Happiness” by C.S. Lewis « Paying Attention To The Sky

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:10:46 +0000

[...] “We have no ‘right to happiness’” is the title of the last thing that C. S. Lewis wrote for publication and it appeared shortly after his death (he died the same day President Kennedy did) in The Saturday Evening Post of 21-28 December 1963. That such a unique moral voice was silenced at the time it was most needed has always struck me as a great sadness. He wrote this within 2-3 years of his beloved wife’s death that ended a happy marriage lasting only slightly more than 3 years. More on that event in Lewis’ life here. [...]

By: booklady

booklady — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:30:33 +0000

I had forgotten how ‘real’ this book was. It was Lewis’s total presence which I felt when I read this book that made it my favorite of his non-fiction works. I know Lewis is at his theological and rhetorical best in other works, but I like the way he opens himself up, shows his vulnerablity in AGO. I read this sometime not long after my brother died and it helped me so much. An intellectual treatise on grief would have turned me off; I had already had so many people trying to talk me out of how I was feeling. Reading about someone else’s exposed wound somehow helped me begin to heal.