Book
Description:
Megs Devonshire sets out to fulfill her younger brother George's last wish by
uncovering the truth behind his favorite story. The answer provides hope
and healing and a magical journey for anyone whose life has ever been changed
by a book.
1950: Margaret Devonshire (Megs) is a seventeen-year-old student of
Despite her
fear about approaching the famous author, who is a professor at her school,
Megs soon finds herself taking tea with C.S. Lewis and his own brother Warnie,
begging them for answers.
Rather than
directly telling her where Narnia came from, Lewis encourages Megs to form her
own conclusion as he slowly tells her the little-known stories from his own
life that led to his inspiration. As she takes these stories home to George,
the little boy travels farther in his imagination than he ever could in real
life.
Lewis’s
answers will reveal to Megs and her family many truths that science and math
cannot, and the gift she thought she was giving to her brother—the story behind
Narnia—turns out to be his gift to her, instead: hope.
My Thoughts:
Once Upon a Wardrobe took me on the most amazing journey along with Megs
and her endearing brother George. What a wonderful visit with C.S. Lewis and his
brother Warnie. It's 1950 and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe has
just been published and eight-year-old George requires answers to the questions
he has about Narnia and Aslam, and Megs is determined to find them. Patti Callahan has penned a beautiful work of
art with her storytelling, characters, and adaptation of C.S. Lewis world in
Oxford. If you are a fan of Lewis, Narnia, or excellent literature, you'll love
this story. I plan to read it again and to read Callahan's Becoming Mrs.
Lewis. I highly recommend this lovely story. 5+ stars. I purchased my copy.
Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.