YMMV / C. S. Lewis

• Heartwarming in Hindsight: Lewis' autobiography Surprised by Joy was edited by his friend, the American poet Joy Davidman, and published in 1955. A year later, when Joy was at risk of having to return to the United States, they had a civil marriage so she could stay in England. What started out as a Citizenship Marriage evolved into one of the most profound love affairs of the 20th century after she was diagnosed with cancer; they were later married in the Church and when she died in 1960, Lewis was heartbroken. His friends would remark in his later life that he really had been "surprised by Joy".