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menfrommarrs 's review for:
The Aviator's Wife
by Melanie Benjamin
The events in this book read like a novel. Wait this is a novel! The historical events are all true, but did Anne Morrow Lindbergh really think the way “The Aviator's Wife” thought?
Are Melanie Benjamin's characters' traits just speculation; a narrative to try to explain Anne’s actions? Making what seemed irrational decisions match with fictional internal dialog? According to Virnell Ann Bruce, who wrote a one-woman play on Mrs. Lindberg, Anne’s thoughts would not have turned out this way.
Several books containing Anne’s reflections, in the form of letters, diaries and journals have been published. As a source of research for The Aviator’s Wife, they would have been of great value. Benjamin read them, but points out in her author's notes that they were "helpfully" formed and edited by Charles himself, and seemed written to keep his legacy alive. Benjamin has written the emotional side of things from her imagination.
I have to remember that [b:The Aviator's Wife|13642950|The Aviator's Wife|Melanie Benjamin|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345153864s/13642950.jpg|19258153] is a work of historical fiction. The two main characters, Charles and Anne are both studies in the dichotomy of human thought. At times endearing, at others dreadful. All sewn into the chronological fabric of two remarkable lives.
Are Melanie Benjamin's characters' traits just speculation; a narrative to try to explain Anne’s actions? Making what seemed irrational decisions match with fictional internal dialog? According to Virnell Ann Bruce, who wrote a one-woman play on Mrs. Lindberg, Anne’s thoughts would not have turned out this way.
Several books containing Anne’s reflections, in the form of letters, diaries and journals have been published. As a source of research for The Aviator’s Wife, they would have been of great value. Benjamin read them, but points out in her author's notes that they were "helpfully" formed and edited by Charles himself, and seemed written to keep his legacy alive. Benjamin has written the emotional side of things from her imagination.
I have to remember that [b:The Aviator's Wife|13642950|The Aviator's Wife|Melanie Benjamin|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345153864s/13642950.jpg|19258153] is a work of historical fiction. The two main characters, Charles and Anne are both studies in the dichotomy of human thought. At times endearing, at others dreadful. All sewn into the chronological fabric of two remarkable lives.