Gifts Form the Sea by Anne Murrow Lindbergh and Under a Wing by Reeve Lindbergh

I read this before I had children and just reread it for our RS book club. It is so much better if you are a mother! What a glorious look at how to balance your personal creative self and your role as a mother. It looks at the work of motherhood and women. With out giving any silly simple answers to these life long debates AML explores these difficult issues with grace and simplicity. I read this in a couple of hours outside while Coen ran around like a maniac so busy moms you can tackle this book.

Under a Wing by Reeve Lindbergh

I decided to reread this memoir about Reeves childhood after finishing her mothers book. It was interesting to read about her daughter's perspective on her childhood. One of the interesting parts was Reeve talking about how fiercely her father protected her mother's study when she was writing. It was absolutely forbidden to interrupt her. Yet Reeve was convinced that this was made up by her Dad and her mom really wanted her with her. Her proof for this was whenever she slipped into the study her mom would turn and smile and hold her looking at whatever little thing Reeve had brought to show her. Her dad would then storm in and shoo Reeve out of the room. For a woman who agonized over how to be a writer and a mother it sounded to me that she did well at both.