The Curious Case of C.S. Lewis’ First “Wife”

Before meeting Joy Gresham, Lewis discovered he was “married” to someone else.

Most C.S. Lewis readers know he married Joy Davidman Gresham later in life. Many also know that Lewis had a complicated relationship with Janie Moore, the mother of a friend killed in World War I. Few, however, realize Lewis was dealing with a “wife” between Moore’s death and his first in-person meeting with Joy.

After a decade of declining health, Moore…