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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
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This was recommended to me buy a friend who also loves Historical Fiction. It tells the story of Anne Morrow who married Charles Lindbergh and, of course, lost the famous Lindbergh baby. The story was crafted in such a way that you really identified with the plight that Anne suffered. I have been in a relationship with a domineering man and I know what it is like to want the love and affection of someone who just wants you to parrot their thoughts. The book showed all sorts of emotions of what she went through. I think it was the way that the book ended that made it a three star instead of a four star. I felt that her emotions towards Charles's actions were unjust.
I read this for my book club. I had seen this book around and thought, "If it is anything like 'Loving Frank' then I am not interested (a lot of things said - if you like Loving Frank you'll love this - sort of thing). And yes, while it is Historical Fiction I really enjoyed this much more than I thought I would. And really - I would HATE to be married to Charles Lindbergh - the three timing, 7 out of wedlock secret children man. He also insisted that his family inventory the house each week for excess items- that part I could get behind provided someone would do all the inventorying for me. But really - I didn't know much about the Lindbergh's and I found this book pretty fascinating.
Sometimes it's hard to pick up on good writing when all the characters in a book are infuriating. That was the case here; it could have been a literary masterpiece and I still would not have cared for it.
I didn't care a fig about any of the characters. Charles Lindbergh was controlling and domineering, and Anne was spineless and just went along with whatever her husband said, even when she knew it was wrong. Towards the end, Anne finally found her voice and empowerment, but by then I ceased to care.
I really, really need to care about characters to keep interest in a book, even if the characters are evil, as long as I give a care what happens to them, I will continue reading. Well, I did finish The Aviator's Wife, but I skimmed the second half of the book, just to get it over it, because I frankly did not care what happened to anyone.
I really loved Alice I Have Been, but I just could not get into this one.
I didn't care a fig about any of the characters. Charles Lindbergh was controlling and domineering, and Anne was spineless and just went along with whatever her husband said, even when she knew it was wrong. Towards the end, Anne finally found her voice and empowerment, but by then I ceased to care.
I really, really need to care about characters to keep interest in a book, even if the characters are evil, as long as I give a care what happens to them, I will continue reading. Well, I did finish The Aviator's Wife, but I skimmed the second half of the book, just to get it over it, because I frankly did not care what happened to anyone.
I really loved Alice I Have Been, but I just could not get into this one.
The Aviator’s Wife is a historical novel, but I think the best way to describe it is as a fictional memoir or fictional autobiography. The book starts with college senior Anne Morrow, and concludes near the end of Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s public life. It is a fascinating exploration of an incredibly famous marriage and woman.
This book is through the eyes of Anne Morrow Lindbergh. She is a fascinating character. She is the daughter of an ambassador and Smith’s president and she is highly educated. From a social perspective, superior to the farm-raised Charles Lindbergh – her higher education attainment is an issues at points in their marriage. She strives to be his perfect wife, while feeling conflicted about their life and choices.
It’s fascinating reading this book and seeing Anne as she grows from low-self esteem college student to nervous bride and mother, to the tragic Mother of the Lindbergh Baby to finally being in a place where she has agency over her life.
This book could easily be construed as an incredibly unsympathetic take on Charles Lindbergh, but I don’t think that would be fully accurate. By all accounts, Charles Lindbergh was a difficult man. He was charismatic and domineering and held some really screwed up opinions that nevertheless had support at the time. But he is still given sympathy in this piece, even as he is portrayed a self-centered, controlling man. The end, where he is seen to be carrying around a picture of the son he never fully mourned, is especially poignant.
I really enjoyed this book. Though Anne Morrow Lindbergh had many independent accomplishments, including bestselling author and the first woman to hold a first-class glider’s license, she is always overshadowed by her husband. Even her Wikipedia entry is focused on her husband, taking more space to describe his affairs and illegitimate children than it does to describe her children. In reality, she was a complex woman who balanced the demands of being a public wife with being a person with her own aspirations.
Appeared originally on my blog igothroughphases.wordpress.com
This book is through the eyes of Anne Morrow Lindbergh. She is a fascinating character. She is the daughter of an ambassador and Smith’s president and she is highly educated. From a social perspective, superior to the farm-raised Charles Lindbergh – her higher education attainment is an issues at points in their marriage. She strives to be his perfect wife, while feeling conflicted about their life and choices.
It’s fascinating reading this book and seeing Anne as she grows from low-self esteem college student to nervous bride and mother, to the tragic Mother of the Lindbergh Baby to finally being in a place where she has agency over her life.
This book could easily be construed as an incredibly unsympathetic take on Charles Lindbergh, but I don’t think that would be fully accurate. By all accounts, Charles Lindbergh was a difficult man. He was charismatic and domineering and held some really screwed up opinions that nevertheless had support at the time. But he is still given sympathy in this piece, even as he is portrayed a self-centered, controlling man. The end, where he is seen to be carrying around a picture of the son he never fully mourned, is especially poignant.
I really enjoyed this book. Though Anne Morrow Lindbergh had many independent accomplishments, including bestselling author and the first woman to hold a first-class glider’s license, she is always overshadowed by her husband. Even her Wikipedia entry is focused on her husband, taking more space to describe his affairs and illegitimate children than it does to describe her children. In reality, she was a complex woman who balanced the demands of being a public wife with being a person with her own aspirations.
Appeared originally on my blog igothroughphases.wordpress.com
Honestly I enjoyed the Aviator's wife in the beginning, but as I got further into the book I realized what a douche that Charles was and their future looked hopeless. And who goes off and plants more of his seed when his wife can no longer bare children!? Maybe I'm a hopeless romantic after all and was hoping for more of a love story.
I just finished a few moments ago. Historical fiction is always interesting. The history part is great if the research is done well, but the fiction part can sometimes be tricky. I thought the author did a good job showing the development of Anne Morrow from a young lady through to her seventies, but Charles Lindbergh was portrayed very one-dimensional. Maybe he was, I don't know, but it is hard to see that a person doesn't change very much during a lifetime. The book did inspire me to look into the lives of the children and to read Anne Morrow Lindbergh's book.
I DNFed this but I wasted a couple of weeks on it so Im counting it toward my challenge total.
This is a story about a woman with a bad husband who never did anything about it. He just sucked but she never stood up to him and never examines why. It got too much for me when his Nazi sympathizer arc came up and she just kind of sighed about it. Stopped reading after that because like, what more could you possibly say. How am I supposed to sympathize or feel bad for this woman who stayed with a NAZI SYMPATHIZER. And we know she never does anything about it and stays with him until he dies because of the interludes so....I'm out.
Two stars because the writing isn't terrible, but the main character is insipid and this book does nothing to overcome her legacy as an accessory of her husband.
This is a story about a woman with a bad husband who never did anything about it. He just sucked but she never stood up to him and never examines why. It got too much for me when his Nazi sympathizer arc came up and she just kind of sighed about it. Stopped reading after that because like, what more could you possibly say. How am I supposed to sympathize or feel bad for this woman who stayed with a NAZI SYMPATHIZER. And we know she never does anything about it and stays with him until he dies because of the interludes so....I'm out.
Two stars because the writing isn't terrible, but the main character is insipid and this book does nothing to overcome her legacy as an accessory of her husband.
What a fascinating story! Everyone's heard of Charles Lindbergh, but what about his wife? The author does a great job of painting a picture of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's emotional life, her marriage, and her accomplishments.
Too much introspection for my taste but the Lindberghs are certainly a fascinating couple. It is stories of relationships like theirs that makes me so glad I was born in the day and age I was. I just can’t imagine being so slaved to my husband’s will (if the motivations are even somewhat historically correct).