Today, I'm recommending several marriage memoirs for you to read. Pick up one today - I promise that it will radically change how you view your relationship with your spouse, and it will remind you of what is truly important in your marriage!
-My favorite is A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken. It's exquisite! In this book, Vanauken tells the story of his love for his wife, Davy, and how they grew to know the Lord at Oxford through the influence of Vanauken's mentor and friend, C.S. Lewis. This book also contains the text of the letters from Lewis as well as Sheldon and Davy's poetry. Their lives and their love for each other were truly exceptional.
-Another fantastic memoir is The Best Day the Worst Day by prizewinning poet Donald Hall. Hall married Jane Kenyon, another extremely talented poet. This is the story of their life together and Kenyon's long, hard-fought battle with leukemia.
-Another is The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, winner of a 2006 National Book Award. Following her husband's death, Didion published this personal account of how she dealt with the crushing grief while also caring for her daughter, who was in a coma in a New York hospital.
If you have other excellent marriage memoirs to recommend, please let me know by posting a comment here. Thank you!
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