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Gift from the Sea

50th-Anniversary Edition

50th Anniversary Edition

50th Anniversary Edition

By Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Introduction by Reeve Lindbergh

By Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Introduction by Reeve Lindbergh

By Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Introduction by Reeve Lindbergh

By Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Introduction by Reeve Lindbergh

By Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Introduction by Reeve Lindbergh

By Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Introduction by Reeve Lindbergh

By Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Introduction by Reeve Lindbergh

By Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Introduction by Reeve Lindbergh

By Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Read by Claudette Colbert and Reeve Lindbergh

By Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Read by Claudette Colbert and Reeve Lindbergh

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Paperback $12.95

Jan 30, 1991 | ISBN 9780679732419

Hardcover $18.00

Oct 08, 1991 | ISBN 9780679406839

Hardcover $18.00

Jul 17, 2018 | ISBN 9780525615576

Ebook $10.99

Aug 10, 2011 | ISBN 9780307805171

Audiobook Download $8.00

Feb 22, 2005 | 147 Minutes

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    About Gift from the Sea

    With meditations on youth and age, love and marriage, peace, solitude, and contentment, here is an inimitable classic that guides us to find a space for contemplation and creativity in our own lives.

    Drawing inspiration from the the shells on the shore, Lindbergh’s musings on the shape of a woman’s life will bring new understanding to readers, male and family, at any stage of life. A mother of five and professional writer, she casts an unsentimental eye at the trappings of modern life that threaten to overwhelm us—the timesaving gadgets that complicate our lives, the overcommitments that take us from our families.

    With great wisdom and insight she describes the shifting shapes of relationships and marriage, presenting a vision of a life lived in enduring and evolving partnership. A groundbreaking work when it was first published, this book has retained its freshness as it has been rediscovered by generations of readers and is no less current today.

    About Gift from the Sea

    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. 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 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.

    In this beloved classic Anne Morrow Lindbergh – mother of five, an acclaimed writer and a pioneering aviator – 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. 

    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. 

    About Gift from the Sea

    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.

    Reeve Lindbergh is the author of many books for both adults and children, including the memoirs Under a Wing and No More Words.

    About Gift from the Sea

    With meditations on youth and age, love and marriage, peace, solitude, and contentment, here is an inimitable classic that guides us to find a space for contemplation and creativity in our own lives.

    Drawing inspiration from the the shells on the shore, Lindbergh’s musings on the shape of a woman’s life will bring new understanding to readers, male and family, at any stage of life. A mother of five and professional writer, she casts an unsentimental eye at the trappings of modern life that threaten to overwhelm us—the timesaving gadgets that complicate our lives, the overcommitments that take us from our families.

    With great wisdom and insight she describes the shifting shapes of relationships and marriage, presenting a vision of a life lived in enduring and evolving partnership. A groundbreaking work when it was first published, this book has retained its freshness as it has been rediscovered by generations of readers and is no less current today.

    About Gift from the Sea

    Over a quarter of a century after its first publication, the great and simple wisdom in this book continues to influence women’s lives.

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    About Anne Morrow Lindbergh

    ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH was born in 1906. She married Charles Lindbergh in 1929 and became a noted aviator in her own right, eventually publishing several books on the subject and receiving several aviation awards. Gift from the Sea, published in 1955, earned her… More about Anne Morrow Lindbergh

    About Anne Morrow Lindbergh

    ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH was born in 1906. She married Charles Lindbergh in 1929 and became a noted aviator in her own right, eventually publishing several books on the subject and receiving several aviation awards. Gift from the Sea, published in 1955, earned her… More about Anne Morrow Lindbergh

    About Anne Morrow Lindbergh

    ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH was born in 1906. She married Charles Lindbergh in 1929 and became a noted aviator in her own right, eventually publishing several books on the subject and receiving several aviation awards. Gift from the Sea, published in 1955, earned her… More about Anne Morrow Lindbergh

    About Anne Morrow Lindbergh

    ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH was born in 1906. She married Charles Lindbergh in 1929 and became a noted aviator in her own right, eventually publishing several books on the subject and receiving several aviation awards. Gift from the Sea, published in 1955, earned her… More about Anne Morrow Lindbergh

    About Anne Morrow Lindbergh

    ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH was born in 1906. She married Charles Lindbergh in 1929 and became a noted aviator in her own right, eventually publishing several books on the subject and receiving several aviation awards. Gift from the Sea, published in 1955, earned her… More about Anne Morrow Lindbergh

    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir

    Paperback | $12.95
    Published by Pantheon
    Jan 30, 1991 | 144 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679732419

    Category: Biography & Memoir

    Hardcover | $18.00
    Published by Pantheon
    Oct 08, 1991 | 144 Pages | 5-1/8 x 6-3/4 | ISBN 9780679406839

    Category: Biography & Memoir

    Hardcover | $18.00
    Published by Pantheon
    Jul 17, 2018 | 144 Pages | 5-1/8 x 6-3/4 | ISBN 9780525615576

    Category: Biography & Memoir

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Pantheon
    Aug 10, 2011 | 144 Pages | ISBN 9780307805171

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $8.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Feb 22, 2005 | 147 Minutes | ISBN 9780739318027

    Praise

    “Gift from the Sea is like a shell itself in its small and perfect form … It tells of light and life and love and the security that lies at the heart.” —New York Times Book Review

    Table Of Contents

    Introduction to the Fiftieth Anniversary Edition by Reeve Lindbergh vii 

    1 The Beach 7 
    2 Channelled Whelk 13 
    3 Moon Shell 31 
    4 Double-Sunrise 53 
    5 Oyster Bed 69 
    6 Argonauta 81 
    7 A Few Shells 103 
    8 The Beach at My Back 113 

    Gift from the Sea Re-opened 121

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