![]() ![]() ![]() Written in the 1950s, Lindbergh-who was married to the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh, starts the book simply as a reflection for herself: “I began these pages for myself, in order to think out my own particular pattern of living, my own individual balance of life, work and human relationships. So much is packed into Gift from the Sea that if you miss even one line, you’re cheating yourself. “The beach is not the place to work to read, write or think.” But she goes on to say that she too fell into that blissful assumption: “I should have remembered that from other years. Lindbergh dismantled my assumption with her first line: ![]() I was lucky enough to begin reading this beautifully written book in what I thought was the perfect place: on a beach in Alaska.Īpparently, I was wrong. Re-readability: I’ll definitely be coming back to this one at least once a year for the foreseeable future. Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor. I don’t expect to be happy all the time… It’s gotten beyond that somehow. ![]()
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