Elegant and wise meditations on youth and age, love and marriage, solitude, peace and contentment. In Gift from the sea, 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. She casts an unsentimental eye on the trappings of modernity that threaten to overwhelm us, 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. With great wisdom and insight Lindbergh describes the shifting patterns of relationships and marriage, presenting a vision of life as it is lived in an enduring and evolving partnership. With a new introduction by Lindbergh's daughter Reeve, this fiftieth-anniversary edition of the beloved, best-selling classic will give those who are revisitng the book and those who are coming upon it for the first time a new appreciation of the life of this remarkable woman.