Gift from the Sea is a read that is just as pleasing as stretching out pizza dough; smooth, pleasant, and renewing. No matter what page you open to, the magnetic force of Lindbergh’s words keeps readers from placing her book down; like an ocean wave pulling back. Anne Morrow Lindbergh takes readers under her wing and allows us to appreciate the concept of creativity within the home and examines the shift in pattern of relationships in our own lives. Her reflections are carried within descriptions of the beautiful shells found on the beach: the moon shell, channeled whelk;
“Channelled whelk, I put you down again, but you have set my mind on a journey, up an inwardly winding spiral staircase of thought” (Linderbergh 29).
The 50th Anniversary Edition of this unforgettable work includes a new introduction by Reeve Lindbergh, daughter of Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh (*Reeve is also an award-winning author). Gift from the Sea is a book that is meditative, and also a giver of Intel on how the progressive effort for modernity encourages detachment from self-contemplation of the soul search. Sensitive and un-biased, Gift from the Sea has answers to all of life’s questions not yet asked in a concise one hundred and twenty pages.
-Alexa Christina Politis
