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Reading List IV
1. Gift From the Sea
, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh (Written in 1955, this classic book of meditations was set down during a brief vacation by the ocean. As she reflects on different
shells she has collected, Lindbergh discusses the need for individual solitude, for balancing the physical, intellectual, and spiritual life, and for creating space for significance and beauty.
She also reflects on youth, age, love, and marriage.).
2. Saint Maybe, by Anne Tyler (In 1965, the happy Bedloe family is living a picture- perfect existence until a tragic accident occurs that will transform their lives forever --- particularly for
that of seventeen-year-old Ian. Depressed and crushed under a weight of guilt, Ian eventually learns forgiveness and sacrifice at the Church of the Second Chance.)
3. Perelandra,
by C.S. Lewis (This is the second book in Lewis' Space Trilogy. Dr. Ransom is pitted against evil on a new world as he must watch the Devil's agent, Weston, try to influence
the Lady of Perelandra to disobey God. In a setting of innocence, splendor, and unsullied peace, Weston tries to tempt her by appealing to vanity, discontent, duty, courage, and finally
to her sense of excitement. The outcome of this spirtual struggle will determine Perelandra's fate. Readers of this story may view the Fall of Adam and Eve in a fresh light.)
4. The Red Tent,
by Anita Diamant, (This novel tells the little-known Biblical story of Dinah,
daughter of the patriarch Jacob and his wife, Leah. In Chapter 34 of the Book of Genesis, Dinah's tale is a short, horrific detour in the familiar narrative of Jacob and Joseph. It tells the
story from the fresh perspective of its women. Although in the Biblical account Dinah is given no voice; she is the narrator of her story, which reveals the life of ancient womanhood -- the
world of the red tent. Readers will see the Book of Genesis in a new light.)
3. Perelandra,
by C.S. Lewis (This is the second book in Lewis' Space Trilogy. Dr. Ransom is pitted against evil on a new world as he must watch the Devil's agent, Weston, try to influence
the Lady of Perelandra to disobey God. In a setting of innocence, splendor, and unsullied peace, Weston tries to tempt her by appealing to vanity, discontent, duty, courage, and finally
to her sense of excitement. The outcome of this spirtual struggle will determine Perelandra's fate. Readers of this story may view the Fall of Adam and Eve in a fresh light.)
4. The Red Tent,
by Anita Diamant, (This novel tells the little-known Biblical story of Dinah,
daughter of the patriarch Jacob and his wife, Leah. In Chapter 34 of the Book of Genesis, Dinah's tale is a short, horrific detour in the familiar narrative of Jacob and Joseph. It tells the
story from the fresh perspective of its women. Although in the Biblical account Dinah is given no voice; she is the narrator of her story, which reveals the life of ancient womanhood -- the
world of the red tent. Readers will see the Book of Genesis in a new light.)