Becoming C. S. Lewis

"This excellent work will have readers eagerly anticipating the next volume." Publishers Weekly

The writings of C. S. Lewis cannot be fully understood apart from a grasp of his formative adolescent years. Unfortunately, many biographies speed over this important season of Lewiss life.

Slowing down to focus on his younger years, this detailed portrait of Jack Lewis helps us discover seeds of what would inform his later writingssuch as his delight in literature, his key relationships, his suffering and struggles, and his intense pursuit of joy.

The chapters unfold the habits and tastes he developed while at boarding school, in college, and in the army, revealing where we see these themes appear in his worksbringing to life the man readers have come to know as C. S. Lewis. Volume 1 in atrilogy offering a comprehensive view ofthe life of C. S. Lewis.