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Jeg
A Grief Observed | C.S. Lewis
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Pickpick

After seeing the movie Freuds Last Session I wanted to know more about CS Lewis. I had read his Narnia series in my 20s. This was in my partners extensive book collection and I started to read it. My confession here, I only read the Afterword. Amazing. Gave me all I wanted to know about CS Lewis. Fitted in well with what I had learnt from the movie. I am interested in how he went from being an atheist to a Christian. I‘ll try 1 more of his books.

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TheHeartlandBookFairy
A Grief Observed | C.S. Lewis
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A Grief Observed is a compilation of longhand writings take from the notebook journals of C.S. Lewis chronicling his thoughts over the loss of his wife. I listened to this book on audio. And it's fairly short, which is probably a good thing, and nearly bailed before the introduction was over. To be honest if it had been any longer than what it was, I still would have bailed on it. The content is interesting, (cont in comments)...

TheHeartlandBookFairy insightful, touching, raw and honest, and you can literally feel his grief. If you are in the early stages of graving a spouse, I'm not sure. I would recommend this book. Beyond that, I found parts of it boring and stuffy and other parts riveting and touching. I listened to this book, I'm audible. So perhaps it was just the narrator that I found difficult to listen to. In the end, I'm glad I did finish the book. But, I'm finding it difficult to give it more than 3.5 stars, just my personal opinion. 14mo
rubyslippersreads Have you seen the movie “Shadowlands”? I think it might be a more interesting version of this. 14mo
TheHeartlandBookFairy @rubyslippersreads I haven't, but I may have to check it out. 😊 14mo
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Michellesibs
A Grief Observed | C.S. Lewis
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Pickpick

This is Lewis's journal observing his grief for his wife and while everyone's grief is unique to them, there's always stands you can pull out that relate to you and I definitely found strands of my own grief for my sister in these pages.

I'm not here to rate anyone's grief, it's a five star from me.

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Vansa
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Fun template! Do play, everyone, would love to know your answers!

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Kerrbearlib
A Grief Observed | C.S. Lewis
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“Grief is like a long valley, a winding valley where any bend may reveal a totally new landscape.” #grief #loss

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Kerrbearlib
A Grief Observed | C.S. Lewis
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“Grief is like a bomber circling round and dropping its bombs each time the circle brings it overhead; physical pain is like the steady barrage on a trench in World War One, hours of it with no let-up for a moment. Thought is never static; pain often is.”

#grief #mourning #death #loss

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Kerrbearlib
A Grief Observed | C.S. Lewis
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“And no one ever told me about the laziness of grief. Except at my job—where the machine seems to run on much as usual—I loathe the slightest effort.” #grief #mourning #ebook #cloudLibrary

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Kerrbearlib
A Grief Observed | C.S. Lewis
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“There are moments, most unexpectedly, when something inside me tries to assure me that I don‘t really mind so much, not so very much, after all....People get over these things. Come, I shan‘t do so badly. One is ashamed to listen to this voice but it seems for a little to be making out a good case. Then comes a sudden jab of red-hot memory and all this ‘commonsense‘ vanishes like an ant in the mouth of a furnace.” #grief

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Vansa
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#WondrousWednesday @Eggs
🌺I would say anything that's a different perspective,and makes you think,and is a fun storyline.Also romance novels that just make me feel happy and are good for my brain after a long workday!Tagged book is a beautiful exploration of how humans have sought hope.Review here https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4589339589
A great romance novel I read recently:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4684367611
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Vansa (2/2)🌺Book recommendations,the prompts that make me engage with reading in a fascinating way,the ability to share quotes I like from books 3y
Vansa 🌷Can't wait to read my birthday gift book:The Velvet Mafia: The Gay Men Who Ran the Swinging Sixties
by Darryl W. Bullock
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Eggs Great post! Enjoyed your reviews too💕 3y
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