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leighannsherwin's review
5.0
The third volume of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's diaries and letters begins early in 1933. Anne is still reeling from the brutal kidnapping and murder of her firstborn son, while raising her second son, and also mourning the loss of her father and her older sister's grim diagnosis. Despite a slow start things pick up fairly quickly and we follow Anne and Charles as the travel around the Atlantic, from Greeland, to Iceland, to Russia, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal, France, the UK, Africa and so many more places. She sets a record for longest radio transmission during their five month trip, but she is also torn wanting to be home with her boy. Upon returning home, she faces a battle between her mother and husband. Since the kidnapping the Lindberghs didn't have a home of their own and lived with Anne's mother which caused them to clash often. But the bickering comes to a shattering end with the death of Anne's beloved sister Elisabeth and not long after the trial of the man who kidnapped and murdered her son. The trial isn't mentioned too much, only in passing and when her mother testified in court. Then the book slows a bit, more battles between in laws, a trip to Charles's hometown, and finally their decision to escape to Europe in the hopes of finding freedom from the constant publicity that stalker them. Overall another solid entry in the series. Considering the uptick in mental health issues lately, Anne's own struggles with anxiety, depression and insecurity are poignant and very relatable to today's world, despite having been written over 85 years ago.
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