Gift From the Sea –by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Nonfiction / Memoir
128 pages / 181KB
4 Stars
This is a charming memoir of one of America's revered women.
It is filled with beautiful words, and word pictures, about her life, and what
it means to be a woman (at least in the 1950s)
The book was a gift from a dear friend, who thought I would
get a great deal out of it, and I did though, perhaps, not as much as my
friend. We are, after all, different people. I found many things I could relate
to, and also many things that reminded me of the age difference between us (Ms.
Lindbergh was born 37 years before me).
Of the things that did speak to me, and there were many,
this sentence was one: "The here,
the now, and the individual, have always been the special concern of the saint,
the artist, the poet, and—from time immemorial—the woman." Where Ms.
Lindbergh apparently remained home as a housewife and mother, I had to work to
support my children and myself. She was a full time wife/mother, or views on life,
of necessity, were different. And yet, that one sentence stood out for me, for
I am a woman, and a poet, and now and then, an artist. I would never, ever,
claim to be a saint.
I will probably read this book again. I have found, through
the years, that my perception and reception of books often changes when my mood
changes, or when my worries/stresses change.
This is a marvelous book to read just before turning out the
light for a good night's sleep!
