A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished WomanCrown, 15.08.2000 - 208 Seiten The basis for the major motion picture of the same name. An entrancing memoir of how one woman's journey of self-discovery gave her the courage to persevere in re-creating her life. Life is a work in progress, as ever-changing as a sandy shoreline along the beach. During the years Joan Anderson was a loving wife and supportive mother, she had slowly and unconsciously replaced her own dreams with the needs of her family. With her sons grown, however, she realized that the family no longer centered on the home she provided, and her relationship with her husband had become stagnant. Like many women in her situation, Joan realized that she had neglected to nurture herself and, worse, to envision fulfilling goals for her future. As her husband received a wonderful job opportunity out-of-state, it seemed that the best part of her own life was finished. Shocking both of them, she refused to follow him to his new job and decided to retreat to a family cottage on Cape Cod. At first casting about for direction, Joan soon began to take pleasure in her surroundings and call on resources she didn't realize she had. Over the course of a year, she gradually discovered that her life as an "unfinished woman" was full of possibilities. Out of that magical, difficult, transformative year came A Year by the Sea, a record of her experiences and a treasury of wisdom for readers. |
Inhalt
SILENT SEAS SILENT NIGHTS | 71 |
FOGGED | 93 |
EBB AND FLOW | 113 |
TREADING WATER | 135 |
SAFE HARBOR | 149 |
August | 159 |
PORT OF CALL | 173 |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Anne Morrow Lindbergh answers arrive beach beach grass become begin bike boat body bouillabaisse boys Cape Cape Cod Christmas clams coffee coming cottage create dinner eager ebb tide everything eyes face feel fish friends gentle wave glass grab hand harbor head hear hope hot toddy husband Joan Erikson Josh kids leave living lobster look maple syrup Margaret Atwood marriage melancholia Memorial Day mind morning mother move nearby never night offers once past Perhaps play pulling reminded RIPTIDE sand sand dollars seals seems sense shell shore someone sound spirit spot staring stay stop suddenly sure swim talk Technicolor There's things thought tide tion trying turn waiting walk watch WATER THERAPY wave What's wife wind wives woman women wonder