CLAREMONT, Calif., September 5, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- With a recent power outrage that left 50 million people along the Eastern seaboard without power, many realized the thin veil that separates a technologically advanced society from the primitive. Many consider electricity and the Internet necessities not to be without. For the Anderson family, simplicity was far more attractive. Virginia W. Anderson recounts her family's true adventures of life on an isolated island in By the Wind of the Morning (now available through 1stBooks).
In a material driven society, Roy and Ginny Anderson do something shocking. They sell all their material possessions, cash in their savings and leave well-paying jobs to focus on life's little things. They pack up their children, ages 4, 8 and 9, and travel halfway around the world to an obscure island to live for an entire year.
In quest for more meaning in life, they sail third class on the Queen Elizabeth in 1962. Six weeks later, they arrive in Mahe in the Seychelles islands, adrift in the Indian Ocean northeast of Madagascar. On this island, only 5 by 17 miles, the Andersons garner a lifetime of experience and form close ties with natives, a countess and an earl, the Governor of Seychelles. Their relationship with an Anglican archdeacon named Rev. Kingsley Walker and his family proves pivotal in their stay on the island.
"(We) were exposed to a whole gamut of experiences including the thrill of unparallel tropical splendor, adventure, inner turmoil, temptation, brushes with death, separation, reconciliation and, above all, spiritual realization...In the Seychelles we found what we sought, laying the groundwork of the life changing foundation for growth in self knowledge, spiritual direction and joy," Anderson states.
By the Wings of the Morning is the remarkable story of family who dared to give up everything to search for deeper meaning in life.
Anderson is a travel enthusiast and speaks Spanish, French and Italian. By the Wings of the Morning is her first book.
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