What was the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1961 book about bereavement?

A Grief Observed was C.S. Lewis’s 1961 book about bereavement.

Lewis wrote it after the death of his wife, Joy Davidman, from cancer in 1960. The book records the anger, doubt, loneliness, and changing understanding that followed her death. It was first published under the pseudonym N.W. Clerk, partly because Lewis did not initially want readers to identify the author with the grieving husband.

The work is often read as a personal spiritual journal rather than a conventional theological treatise. Its raw tone differs from the confident apologetic style associated with Mere Christianity. The pseudonym also caused some readers to treat the book as anonymous, but Lewis’s authorship became known. The title emphasizes that grief is examined closely, not presented as a problem solved by a simple formula.