Frederick Buechner's Godric "retells the life of Godric of Finchale
This anthology vividly reveals – as none of his novels
Sorrow & Lament: Those Who Have Not Done Great Things for God
His new book brings those two elements—life and art—even closer together
but also the heartfelt hope that the author's brokenness "can somehow contribute to another person's integration" and "inspire their clinging while beset by darkness or fog or blizzards
A Grief Observed Format:Paperback Frederick Buechner's Godric "retells theIn April 1956, C. S. Lewis, a confirmed bachelor, married Joy Davidman, an American poet with two small children. After four brief, intensely happy years, Lewis found himself alone again, and inconsolable. To defend himself against the loss of belief in God, Lewis wrote this journal, an eloquent statement of rediscovered faith. In it he freely confesses his doubts, his rage, and his awareness of human frailty. In it he finds again the way back to life.