Status Updates From Dorothy and Jack: The Trans...

She talks about the gender barrier. I understand Sayers on that front. I think being outnumbered at Oxford enabled her to have male friendships. My college experience was similar and, after I left the Navy, it took me awhile to figure out friendships with women. The hard part for everyone is not letting a friendship slide into something inappropriate if it is a work friendship or if either are married.

December is finish-books month! I laughed to hear this well-read author had not explored Narnia as a child. I adored Tolkien. Homeschooling led me to Lewis and MacDonald. Lit Life podcast led me to Sayers. The friendship of Lewis and Sayers was unorthodox for many reasons. My closest companions are different from me and different from each other. It is good to seek what you lack as long as you are pointed to God.

History has many examples of this kind of friendship. The author shares how the two came on her radar (a course in college). Many of her fans (Golden Age detective novels) aren't typical fans of Lewis (Christian apologist and fiction writer for adults and children). Coming from a strict Baptist background, Christians who had conservative beliefs but knew how to live captured her attention.

There were no female inklings, but many look at her as an honorary inkling. The Wade Center chose Sayers as one of the seven influential Christian writers that include MacDonald, Lewis, and Tolkien. She talks about the struggles that the church and Christians have in friendships between men and women, even though Jesus had a lot of female followers.

The introduction presents a brief compare-and-contrast about the personal lives, personalities, and interests of Dorothy and Jack. They both lived extremely busy lives, and their friendship is documented in letters. Their friendship began in a fan letter from Dorothy and Jack. He had several female friends, and he married one. They often asked for and gave each other advice about their projects and challenges.

Just finished the introduction! Excited to dive into this!!

I got turned off by the author’s framework which stokes me as disrespectful of these authors. Besides her writing style did not grab me!