Austin Chapter
Reader's Guide
November 2002
Anne Morrow Lindbergh's lyrical words are still relevant and presage so many of the themes of today's most popular books: simplicity, peaceful solitude, caring for the soul, a woman finding her place in society and life. A modern-day classic. "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."...
After suffering several strokes, Anne Morrow Lindbergh (who died this year) spent the last year of her life in Vermont, on the farm of her daughter Reeve's family. Just as Anne undertook Gift from the Sea in 1955 as a spiritual recon, so Reeve (Under a Wing) here explores her feelings about her visibly aging mother...
- How did both these women use writing for therapy?
- Do you think No More Words would have been as meaningful if you had not read Under a Wing? Gift from the Sea?
- Compare the care afforded Anne Morrow Lindbergh in her last years and others you have known.
- Is No More Words really a memoir? Why yea or nay?
- The poems of Anne Morrow Lindbergh at the beginning of each chapter were the highlights for me of Under a Wing. Which was your favorite?
- The author seemed surprised that people still found her Gift from the Sea relevant after 20 years. Do you think it remains relevant today?
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