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In A Severe Mercy, C.S. Lewis tells a grieving Sheldon Vanauken that "the spring can't last." Like Sheldon and Davy, Priya's and mine didn't. Cancer turned into survival, which lead to trying to find well-paying employment as a journalist in the digital age. She found some stability with a new job and new apartment. A Severe Mercy, by Sheldon Vanauken, is a heart-rending love story described by its author as "the spiritual autobiography of a love rather than of the lovers."Vanauken chronicles the birth of a powerful pagan love borne out of the relationship he shares with his wife, Davy, and describes the growth of their relationship and the dreams that they share. "A Severe Mercy" is both a love story between two people that spans the gap of life and death. It also details a friendship that borders on mentorship between the author, Sheldon Vanauken and noted writer C.S. Lewis through letters exchanged.
A Severe Mercy is an autobiographical account of Sheldon Vanauken’s loving marriage, his friendship with famed author C.S Lewis, and his personal relationship with God. Published in , it won a National Book of the Year award in It is "a story of faith, tragedy, and triumph" that details the journey of Vanauken (known as “Van”) and his wife Jean Davis (“Davy”) as they fall in love, travel, make friends, find religion, and are eventually separated by illness. A Severe Mercy is an autobiographical book by Sheldon Vanauken, relating the author's relationship with his wife, their friendship with C. S. Lewis, conversion to Christianity, and subsequent tragedy. It was first published in The book is strongly influenced, at least stylistically, by the Evelyn Waugh novel Brideshead Revisited. A Severe Mercy can almost be called a foreshadowing of A Grief Observed. But of course that is only from our perspective looking back on the four lives involved. Sheldon Vanauken wrote A Severe Mercy about the love of his life, Jean "Davy" Palmer Davis. It's a beautiful love story, one of the most idyllic I've ever read, perhaps too idyllic, but poignant and breathtaking all the same.
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