Gift from the Sea

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by Anne Morrow Lindbergh | Biographies & Memoirs |
ISBN: 0679732411 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingbookstogivewing of Springville, Tennessee USA on 1/18/2013
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Journal Entry 1 by wingbookstogivewing from Springville, Tennessee USA on Monday, March 31, 2014
I got this book just for Bookcrossing and will read and or release, I don't know which yet!

Amazon Editorial Review

In this inimitable, beloved classic—graceful, lucid and lyrical—Anne Morrow Lindbergh shares her meditations on youth and age; love and marriage; peace, solitude and contentment as she set them down during a brief vacation by the sea. Drawing inspiration from the shells on the shore, Lindbergh’s musings on the shape of a woman’s life bring new understanding to both men and women at any stage of life. A mother of five, an acclaimed writer and a pioneering aviator, Lindbergh casts an unsentimental eye on the trappings of modernity that threaten to overwhelm us: the time-saving gadgets that complicate rather than simplify, the multiple commitments that take us from our families. And by recording her thoughts during a brief escape from everyday demands, she helps readers find a space for contemplation and creativity within their own lives.

With great wisdom and insight Lindbergh describes the shifting shapes of relationships and marriage, presenting a vision of life as it is lived in an enduring and evolving partnership. A groundbreaking, best-selling work when it was originally published in 1955, Gift from the Sea continues to be discovered by new generations of readers. With a new introduction by Lindbergh’s daughter Reeve, this fiftieth-anniversary edition will give those who are revisiting the book and those who are coming upon it for the first time fresh insight into the life of this remarkable woman.

The sea and the beach are elements that have been woven throughout Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s life. She spent her childhood summers with her family on a Maine island. After her marriage to Charles Lindbergh in 1929, she accompanied him on his survey flights around the North Atlantic to launch the first transoceanic airlines. The Lindberghs eventually established a permanent home on the Connecticut coast, where they lived quietly, wrote books and raised their family.

After the children left home for lives of their own, the Lindberghs traveled extensively to Africa and the Pacific for environmental research. For several years they lived on the island of Maui in Hawaii, where Charles Lindbergh died in 1974.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh spent her final years in her Connecticut home, continuing her writing projects and enjoying visits from her children and grand-children. She died on February 7, 2001, at the age of ninety-four.

Journal Entry 2 by wingbookstogivewing at North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Saturday, December 27, 2014

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Journal Entry 3 by wingjumpinginwing at Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Monday, January 19, 2015
Thanks, bookstogive. I am looking forward to reading this so much!

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I loved this book so much that I'm going to buy a copy. Thanks for sharing!

Journal Entry 5 by wingjumpinginwing at Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Saturday, June 25, 2016

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Journal Entry 6 by winglove2cookwing at Pearland, Texas USA on Sunday, July 3, 2016
Thank you jumpingin for the nice little book. It sounds interesting. Received in today's mail. Books in the mail always make my day.

Journal Entry 7 by winglove2cookwing at Pearland, Texas USA on Thursday, July 7, 2016
Taking her clue from the shells from the sea, Anne Morrow Lindbergh tells of meditations on solitude, peace, contentment, marriage, love, youth and age. Interesting!!


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This book arrived last week or the week before. Finally have a chance to journal everything. Thank you for the surprise box of books!

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