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I've read a variety of subjects, from suicide, special pets, to best sellers. All enjoyable. But one book remains one of my favorites, a simple, beautifully written memoir of Anne Morrow Lindbergh when she spent a vacation alone in a small cottage on Captiva island off the Florida Gulf Coast.
What I like best about this "Gift from the Sea" is the way Lindbergh correlates seashells to the various stages of adult womanhood. You'll have to read the book to understand.
This is the second time I've read this work. I choose to read it at the beginning of a new year to further ground my outlook of life now as a senior.
Fascinating for me is to realize that although Anne Lindbergh suffered through the terrible tragedy of the murder of their infant son, she found strength through her writing, her husband, and in later years her five children.
Not all of us can spend a week or two in solitude on a remote island. But what we can do is step into Anne Lindbergh's experience, read about her journey, and discover that each one of us has the capacity to be a whole person no matter what life hands us.
Please let me know if you have read this book or plan to. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Cheers!
Nancy Jill
Dear Nancy, I read this book years ago. Now I want to go back and re-read it again. My chorus teacher in High School was personal friends with Anne and also with Helen Keller. She was also a niece of Victor Hugo. Her name was Victoria Torke. I didn't find this out until years ago when I came across a book that she had written about her friendships with Anne and Helen. I enjoy reading your blogs.
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What an honor to know someone so close to these amazing women and be related to Victor Hugo. Books, really good ones, are like friends. You enjoy being with them more than once. Thanks for for sharing!
Delete~Nancy Jill