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
mathematics and physics at Oxford University. When her beloved
eight-year-old brother asks Megs if Narnia is real, logical Megs tells
him it's just a book for children, and certainly not true. Homebound
due to his illness, and remaining fixated on his favorite books, George
presses her to ask the author of the recently released novel The Lion,
the Witch and the Wardrobe a question: "Where did Narnia come from?"
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.
- A captivating, standalone historical novel combining fact and fiction
- An emotional journey into the books and stories that make us who we
are
- Includes discussion questions for book clubs
