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The setting of this book is the sea-shore. On vacation there, living a deliberately simplified life, Mrs. Lindbergh discovers that the sea has gifts to give all who find their daily lives too busy, too hurried, too unharmonius. She seeks-from the shells, the sea creatures, the sure pattern of the
Gift From the Sea is already recognized as a classic work of inspirational thought. The selections in this special edition compress the most vital statements from the original book. They enlighten without preaching, because Mrs. Lindbergh has herself been a seeker.
'What is the answer?' she asks. 'I have only clues, shells from the sea....I must find a balance somewhere between island solitude and communion, between retereat and return.' Thus does her search begin, and before it is over, Mrs. Lindbergh has found the beginnings of understanding.
To read these selections is to learn more about one's inner life and how that life may be enriched. Rediscovering, with the author, the harmony of man and nature, the reader also discovers the essental truths that can give profound peace of mind.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh's prose and poetry have flowed from calm interludes in her active life of traveling, flying, and caring for a home and family. She is the wife of the famous American aviator Charles Lindbergh.
Contents
Channelled Whelk
Moon Shell
Double Sunrise
Oyster Bed
Argonauta
A Few Shells
The Beach at My Back
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tides-an order that can reveal the values of the inner life. Finding that order, she shares her insights in graceful prose that flows like unrhymed poetry.Gift From the Sea is already recognized as a classic work of inspirational thought. The selections in this special edition compress the most vital statements from the original book. They enlighten without preaching, because Mrs. Lindbergh has herself been a seeker.
'What is the answer?' she asks. 'I have only clues, shells from the sea....I must find a balance somewhere between island solitude and communion, between retereat and return.' Thus does her search begin, and before it is over, Mrs. Lindbergh has found the beginnings of understanding.
To read these selections is to learn more about one's inner life and how that life may be enriched. Rediscovering, with the author, the harmony of man and nature, the reader also discovers the essental truths that can give profound peace of mind.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh's prose and poetry have flowed from calm interludes in her active life of traveling, flying, and caring for a home and family. She is the wife of the famous American aviator Charles Lindbergh.
Contents
Channelled Whelk
Moon Shell
Double Sunrise
Oyster Bed
Argonauta
A Few Shells
The Beach at My Back
Show Less
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