A serendipitous encounter: I didn't mean to read this, and then I happened on one letter and then I couldn't stop for three days.

It is something to see the whole sweep of a life, and I was surprised at how much dramatic tension there was throughout—what happens next? and how does it come about? Lewis writes well even when it doesn't matter much; he gives good advice; he made me laugh out loud several times. I'll be happy to circle around to this again someday.