Return to the Sea: Reflections on Anne Morrow Lindbergh's ""Gift from the Sea""

Anne Morrow Lindbergh, who will turn 92 in June, is well known for her marriage to Charles Lindbergh, the kidnapping and death of her first child and her wonderful writing. Her most popular book is the beloved Gift from the Sea, the 1955 classic in which she speaks to women about simplifying their busy lives and focusing on inner quiet and peace. Using Morrow Lindbergh's different ""seashells,"" Johnson shares meditations from her own busy contemporary life as a wife, mother, therapist and writer, ending each chapter with a reflective exercise. For example, Johnson writes about the ""Sea of Inner Stillness"" as the location from which we draw our strength, acceptance and love. Moreover, she writes, ""it is in the spiral dance to deep waters of quiet and back to the surface of activity that we experience the joy and rhythm of life. The time for reflection is never over."" Johnson's simple reflections on Lindbergh's Gift from the Sea invite readers to step into the waters of Lindbergh's writing. (June)