TY - BOOK AU - Lewis,C.S. TI - Surprised by joy: the shape of my early life T2 - C.S. Lewis signature book SN - 9780062565433 AV - BV4935.L43 A3 2017 U1 - 248.2/46092B 23 PY - 2017/// CY - San Francisco PB - HarperOne KW - Lewis, C. S. KW - Authors, English KW - 20th century KW - Biography KW - Anglican converts KW - England KW - Christian biography KW - Autobiographies KW - lcgft N1 - Originally published as Surprised by Joy in the United Kingdom in 1955 by Geoffrey Bles; The first years -- Concentration camp -- Mountbracken and Campbell -- I broaden my mind -- Renaissance -- Bloodery -- Light and shade -- Release -- The great knock -- Fortune's smile -- Check -- Guns and good company -- The new look -- Checkmate -- The beginning N2 - "In Surprised by Joy, C.S. Lewis shares his enthralling spiritual journey through his early life, chronicling his conversion to the Christian faith. ... Lewis starts with his childhood in Belfast, then describes his boarding school years and his youthful atheism in England, moves to his experience in World War I, and ends in Oxford. Through it all Lewis explores his lifelong search for joy and its role in pointing him toward God."--Book cover ER -