Young Jack Lewis at Wynyard School: 1908-1910 -- Off to Malvern: 1910-1914 -- Making a friend: spring 1914 -- Jack and the war come to Great Bookham: fall 1914 -- Reading for Kirkpatrick and for pleasure: 1914 -- War and romance: 1915 -- A conflicted soul: 1916 -- Oxford and the Army: 1917-1918 -- The end of youth

Slowing down to focus on his younger years, this detailed portrait of "Jack" Lewis helps us discover seeds of what would inform his later writings--such as his delight in literature, his key relationships, his suffering and struggles, and his intense pursuit of joy