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The Aviator's Wife
by Melanie Benjamin
I just finished revisiting Berg's Lindbergh biography and heard of this book, so I quickly checked out the digital audio version from my library's Libby app.
I enjoy good historical fiction based upon real life subjects, and I had already spent quite a bit of time down the Lindbergh kidnapping rabbit hole in my early adulthood. I understood then, as now, that Anne Morrow Lindbergh was a force in her own right.
This novel shows how difficult it must have been to be the wife of the world's most celebrated man. It also showed how accomplished Anne was at a great many things, but it was always in the shadow of her husband. The book also telegraphed the message of what a difficult man Charles Lindbergh must have been to live with, and in fact there were many times he left for months at a time. Of course, anyone who follows the news knows now that it was because he had three other families in Europe. This book presents those facts as ones Anne knew about.
I appreciate the fact that more women's stories are being told, both in fiction and nonfiction venues. This is a very good introduction to a woman who was accomplished in her own right, but who wasn't allowed to shine too brightly because of who her husband was.
I enjoy good historical fiction based upon real life subjects, and I had already spent quite a bit of time down the Lindbergh kidnapping rabbit hole in my early adulthood. I understood then, as now, that Anne Morrow Lindbergh was a force in her own right.
This novel shows how difficult it must have been to be the wife of the world's most celebrated man. It also showed how accomplished Anne was at a great many things, but it was always in the shadow of her husband. The book also telegraphed the message of what a difficult man Charles Lindbergh must have been to live with, and in fact there were many times he left for months at a time. Of course, anyone who follows the news knows now that it was because he had three other families in Europe. This book presents those facts as ones Anne knew about.
I appreciate the fact that more women's stories are being told, both in fiction and nonfiction venues. This is a very good introduction to a woman who was accomplished in her own right, but who wasn't allowed to shine too brightly because of who her husband was.