A Grief Observed is about her death and Lewis's loss. Davidman died of cancer four years after their marriage, leaving Lewis completely bereft. Lewis (Novem– November 22, 1963) married American writer Joy Davidman, the lately-discovered love of his life (treat yourself with a read of her adoring, forward love poems to Lewis). It had such a different importance while it was the body of H.’s lover. There is one place where her absence comes locally home to me, and it is a place I can’t avoid. “He r absence is like the sky, spread over everything.īut no, that is not quite accurate. I recommend it for anyone who wants to witness fierce love and loss and becoming who you will be without, all that you were before. If you are there and you need help facing life after death, I highly recommend A Grief Observed. How often have those who have been in a period of loss felt that restlessness with a listlessness that makes it hard to be? You can’t really sit still because you need to move before you drown further in the sadness that has grabbed hold of all of you. If only they would talk to one another and not to me.” – C. I dread the moments when the house is empty. I find it hard to take in what anyone says. There is a sort of invisible blanket between the world and me. At other times it feels like being mildly drunk or concussed. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid.
“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. Lewis puts words to an experience all face but few can articulate in quite a poignant manner. His words ring true as he describes the anguish, the emptiness, the anger and finally the desideratum surrounding a life partner taken too quick. You can’t help but feel Lewis’ deep love and subsequent anguish at the loss of his wife. I hate if they do, and if they don’t.” ― C.
“I see people, as they approach me, trying to make up their minds whether they’ll ‘say something about it’ or not. The loss of a loved one is at some point brought before us and yet still we often fumble in our interactions about grief and with the griever. Lewis affirmed my thoughts and feelings again and again and I wished that I had read it years before when I was in the midst of my grief. I read A Grief Observedlast January, a few years after losing a dear friend. Nearly sixty years later, people are still connecting with Lewis’ words. Lewis published A Grief Observed, a book about the death of his wife and his journey through his grief.
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