A Grief Observed
Paperback – Deckle Edge, February 6, 2001
HarperCollins · Paperback · April 21, 2015
A classic work on grief, A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis’s honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss.
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- Who it’s for
- A lean, searching read on grief, faith, and what survives the asking.
- Themes
- grief, faith, loss
- Pacing
- Reflective
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A classic work on grief, A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis’s honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. Written after his wife’s tragic death as a way of surviving the “mad midnight moments,” A Grief Observed an unflinchingly truthful account of how loss can lead even a stalwart believer to lose all sense of meaning in the universe, and the inspirational tale of how he can possibly regain his bearings.
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A lean, searching read on grief, faith, and what survives the asking.
Come here for
- devotional reflection, unguarded and spare
- layered spiritual reckonings
Expect
- intimate, reflective prose
- serious comfort without easy answers
Where it sits
| Death, Grief & Comfort | 84% |
|---|---|
| Christian Memoirs | 42% |
| Theology | 38% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Christian Living
- Religion in the Arts
- Grief & Loss
- Authors
- C. S. Lewis, Madeleine L'Engle
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 21, 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- grief · faith · loss
- Reading lane
- Christian Living