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Title: A beautiful legacy
Review: When I left home for college in 1978, my mother gave me a copy of this book. Some twenty years before, her mother gave her a copy of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's sweet musings of life as a woman. A few years ago, I bought a copy of Gift From the Sea to give to my own daughter who was leaving home for the first time. That this book speaks to multi-generations is part of its allure. People from my mother's generation will recall the Lindbergh's public tragedy of a kidnapped and murdered son. Although AML doesn't speak of this in her book, the knowledge of this awful event and what it must have meant to the author colored my perspective as a reader, adding to my respect for her essays. Gift from the Sea has become a legacy in my family; someday I hope to give copies to my grandchildren.
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