A June wedding sets the scene for Anne Morrow Lindbergh's best-selling novel. The ceremony is a great moment during which the 'gathered together' survey not just this couple, this occasion, but their own lives, hopes, and fears. As the family and guests follow the familiar marriage service, they are stirred to new insights -- on love, on marriage, and on all the stages of development involved. For the young and eager bridesmaid and best man, marriage still lies ahead; but for the mothers of the bride and groom, and for ...
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A June wedding sets the scene for Anne Morrow Lindbergh's best-selling novel. The ceremony is a great moment during which the 'gathered together' survey not just this couple, this occasion, but their own lives, hopes, and fears. As the family and guests follow the familiar marriage service, they are stirred to new insights -- on love, on marriage, and on all the stages of development involved. For the young and eager bridesmaid and best man, marriage still lies ahead; but for the mothers of the bride and groom, and for friends and relatives, the sight of the young couple and the words of the minister evoke more troubling thoughts and deeper questions. The novel's structure also gave her scope for her reflections -- some of them autobiographical -- and intuitions about the most crucial of human relationships, reflections she calls 'a theme and variations'. This classic book, first published in 1962 and long out of print, illuminates the truths behind marriage, not with easy optimism, but with perception, compassion, candour, and courage.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Illustrated by Lindbergh, Anne Morrow. About Very good in near Very good dustwrapper. Book covers slightly soiled. Dustwrapper soiled, 1" closed tear at bottom of front panel. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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First edition of the author's classic bestselling novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "For Friedel and Paul Thompson with all good wishes from Anne M.L. June 1962." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
