Gift from the Sea, Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Gift from the Sea, Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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Gift from the Sea
50th Anniversary Edition

Author: Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Narrator: Claudette Colbert, Reeve Lindbergh

Unabridged: 2 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/22/2005


Synopsis

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

About The Author

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


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachael on June 19, 2007

This is one of those books that really will change your life, and it's one that absolutely should. Lindberg (the wife of Charles Lindberg) explores the necessity of not only looking inward, but of focusing on one's development in order to fully live as a person, a woman, a mother, and a wife. She is......more

Goodreads review by Kristin on March 28, 2018

I absolutely LOVE this book!! I highly highly recommend it. It is the perfect gift to give a friend/sister/mother or to buy for yourself to read and re-read. It is also a really quick read which is a nice little bonus. If you want a really professional review read Lucy's. (I really think Lucy should......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on September 09, 2021

I read this and all of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's diaries when I was a young wife. They were somewhat guides to life for me as a young bride. A guide from someone in tune to her inner and outer life. It is no surprise that the older I get the further back into the book I find insights. That is how it w......more

Goodreads review by Joel on February 28, 2008

I love walking around a bookstore and picking up five or six books of varying genres that catch my eye, sitting down and skimming. If I'm interested I may read a chapter or two, a dozen poems, maybe even ponder buying it before I put them all back on the shelf. This was number four in a stack of nin......more

Goodreads review by Inder on July 25, 2008

Okay, my favorite part of this book was the afterwards, wherein Ms. Lindbergh acknowledges just how dated the book's appraisal of feminism was (the book was written in 1955, so you can't blame her for what she didn't know was right around the corner - still, her somewhat negative appraisal bugged me......more


Quotes

"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