A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken with Letters by C.S. Lewis [FIRST EDITION] 1977 • Harper & Row

 A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken with 18 Previously Unpublished Letters by C.S. Lewis

FIRST EDITION [1977] HARPER & ROW

9th printing.

Hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition.  Dust jacket shows worn / creased edges, but is otherwise clean and in tact.  Ships in a new HQ jacket protector. 

Book itself is very good.  Some tanning to edges of boards and an ex-libris bookplate fixed to front endpaper signed by book's original owner.  Reads good as new.  Clean and unmarked.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Winner of the national book award.  A heart-rending love story described by its author as “the spiritual autobiography of a love rather than of the lovers” about the author’s marriage and search for faith.

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 beloved, profoundly moving account of the author's marriage, the couple's search for faith and friendship with C. S. Lewis, and a spiritual strength that sustained Vanauken after his wife's untimely death. Replete with 18 letters from C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy addresses some of the universal questions that surround faith—the existence of God and the reasons behind tragedy.