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erine 's review for:
The Aviator's Wife
by Melanie Benjamin
Based on a historical timeline, the author took the Lindberghs' life together, added the motivational and emotional webbing between events, and told it all from Anne Morrow Lindbergh's point of view.
I loved how Benjamin used this story to expand on pinpoints of familiarity with the Lindberghs. Charles is obviously a well-known aviation hero, but Anne was an impressive aviator as well. The Lindbergh baby kidnapping is also a familiar episode in history, but I could never remember how it ended (not well), whether the Lindberghs had other kids (they did), and never really thought about the effect it would have had on their marriage (a big one). I was also not familiar with Charles' foray into American isolationism.
All-in-all, I found this fascinating. I also took the author's recommendation to read Anne Morrow Lindbergh's own book: Gift from the Sea, which was well worth while.
I loved how Benjamin used this story to expand on pinpoints of familiarity with the Lindberghs. Charles is obviously a well-known aviation hero, but Anne was an impressive aviator as well. The Lindbergh baby kidnapping is also a familiar episode in history, but I could never remember how it ended (not well), whether the Lindberghs had other kids (they did), and never really thought about the effect it would have had on their marriage (a big one). I was also not familiar with Charles' foray into American isolationism.
All-in-all, I found this fascinating. I also took the author's recommendation to read Anne Morrow Lindbergh's own book: Gift from the Sea, which was well worth while.