Gift from the SeaIn 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.
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June 22, 1906 – February 7, 2001
Anne Spencer Morrow was married to the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh.
Her life was simply amazing. She was raised in a personal achievement
self help oriented family. Her mother would read to the children every
day at 5 p.m. and as they got older they would use this time to read to
themselves or write in their diaries.
Now her father Dwight was a lawyer and a partner with J.P. Morgan & Co.,
United States ambassador to Mexico and a New Jersey Senator. While her
mom was active in women's education among other things.
Anne met Charles in Mexico and was married on May 27, 1929, that was the
year she flew solo for the first time and became the first American
woman to get a Gliders Pilot License.
Their first son Charles was kidnapped just before his second birthday
and it became the national catastrophe known as the Lindbergh
kidnapping. Sadly on May 12, 1932 just a few miles away from their home
they found the baby's body.
Anne received numerous awards and honors throughout her life time from
her contributions in both aviation and literature. Among one of those
medals was the Hubbard medal awarded to her from the National Geographic
Society for completing over 40,000 miles of flying which took her and
Charles over five continents.
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