Gift from the Sea [MM0045]

1961 MMPB third Signet printing of the 1955 original, with just minor wear. 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. 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.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Wonderful book, still completely relevant today. Resonated with me at so many levels . . it's a book to keep in your heart and remind yourself of."; "The first part of this lead me to tears. I was seen. Understood. And all the weights I carried were named. Hard to believe that even in the 1950s, women felt the weight of life here on earth as much as we do now."; "Very poetic, but sometimes too abstract. This book is for sitting at the beach and listening to waves."; "Timeless. Take it to the beach, it's better than any spa treatment! Profound feminism."