{"product_id":"surprised-by-joy-the-shape-of-my-early-life-1","title":"Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSurprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eC S Lewis\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780156870115\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eMariner Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1966\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e238\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A young man who wishes to remain a sound Atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. There are traps everywhere . . . God is, if I may say it, very unscrupulous.\"\u003c\/i\u003eThis book is not an autobiography. It is not a confession. It is, however, certainly one of the most beautiful and insightful accounts of a person coming to faith. Here, C.S. Lewis takes us from his childhood in Belfast through the loss of his mother, to boarding school and a youthful atheism in England, to the trenches of World War I, and then to Oxford, where he studied, read, and, ultimately, reasoned his way back to God. It is perhaps this aspect of \u003ci\u003eSurprised by Joy\u003c\/i\u003e that we--believers and nonbelievers--find most compelling and meaningful; Lewis was searching for joy, for an elusive and momentary sensation of glorious yearning, but he found it, and spiritual life, through the use of reason. In this highly personal, thoughtful, intelligent memoir, Lewis guides us toward joy and toward the surprise that awaits anyone who seeks a life beyond the expected.\"Lewis tempered his logic with a love for beauty, wonder, and magic . . . He speaks to us with all the power and life-changing force of a Plato, a Dante, and a Bunyan.\"--\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e\"The tension of these final chapters holds the interest like the close of a thriller.\"--\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eC. S. (Clive Staples) Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (1898-1963), one of the great writers of the twentieth century, also continues to be one of our most influential Christian thinkers. He wrote more than thirty books, both popular and scholarly, including The Chronicles of Narnia series, \u003ci\u003eThe Screwtape Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Four Loves\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMere Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTill We Have Faces\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life | C S Lewis | Paperback | 9780156870115 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks E 1742730","offer_id":48180123402392,"sku":"1742730","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life | C S Lewis | Paperback | 9780156870115 | Used: Very Good | Biography 1678554","offer_id":48696675303576,"sku":"1678554","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life | C S Lewis | Paperback | 9780156870115 | Used: Very Good | Religion \u0026 Spirituality 1703845 (temp: 5)","offer_id":48913866883224,"sku":"1703845","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61rKsohEymL_2064c48d-a046-40be-aafe-ee087572d1bc.jpg?v=1772212291","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/surprised-by-joy-the-shape-of-my-early-life-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}