Against Wind and Tide
by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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78%
Critic Reviews: 8
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85%
Reader Ratings: 49
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Synopsis
Why, as an eager and talented writer, has Anne Morrow Lindbergh published so relatively little in forty years of marriage?" asked reviewer John Barkham in 1970. "After a promising start with those first books on flying, she tapered off into long silences broken by an infrequent volume of verse or prose." Many years later, Lindbergh replied with a quote from Harriet Beecher Stowe, who claimed that writing, for a wife and mother, is "rowing against wind and... more
About Anne Morrow Lindbergh
- All Critics: 8
- Positive: 7
- Negative: 1
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Los Angeles Times | 29 Apr 2012
These minor omissions do not detract from the wonderfully rich sense of Anne's personality and preoccupations conveyed in "Against Wind and Tide.
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Boston.com | 2 May 2012
Anne, as presented in these letters, is an exceptionally courageous, independent, and creative woman, a remarkably accepting wife and most of all, an unusually gentle, kind, and understanding mother.
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The Washington Times | 19 Jul 2012
What you have here is a facade, and even though Anne loads it with a lot of angst and rumination and self-criticism, there is something false about it.
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Views from the Countryside | 1 Jul 2012
I think this can be counted as an important book in women's history in 20th century America.
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Bookscapes | 18 Jul 2012
The writing was eloquent and articulate and gave great insight into one of the world’s most admired women.
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The Columbus Dispatch | 22 Apr 2012
Those already familiar with Lindbergh will get to know her more deeply, and those who don’t will be introduced to an intelligent, sensitive woman trying to deal with enormous changes...
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Publishers Weekly | 27 Feb 2012
A perceptive, intimate, and spirited journey of a woman as artist, wife, and mother.
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Unruly Reader | 8 Jun 2012
This isn’t a jolly thing to read, but it possesses a richness, not only in language, but also in wisdom.
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