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A review by p010ne
The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
3.0
I really knew nothing about the wife of Charles Lindbergh and only the basics of the Spirit of St. Louis flight and the kidnapping of their first child, but this author has seemingly provided me with a novel that fills in all the gaps in my awareness. I do not recall ever seeing the movie with Jimmy Stewart and not really aware that Charles Lindbergh was a celebrity active in the post war era, the 1950's, aviation advancement, Earth orbiting techniques, etc.!
The novel is not convincing that the kidnappers were actually captured, much like the continuing mystery surrounding the Jon Benet Ramsey of our era. and the death of the baby was a tragic accident from the collapse of the ladder used in the felony. Obviously both Charles and Ann never reconciled from the loss and were dogged by unrelenting paparazzi!
Readers seem to be encouraged to experience the schadenfreude enjoyment of the misfortune of the family of an ambassador and the hero aviator adventurer, and like all humans this family is seriously flawed and not to be envied!
The novel is not convincing that the kidnappers were actually captured, much like the continuing mystery surrounding the Jon Benet Ramsey of our era. and the death of the baby was a tragic accident from the collapse of the ladder used in the felony. Obviously both Charles and Ann never reconciled from the loss and were dogged by unrelenting paparazzi!
Readers seem to be encouraged to experience the schadenfreude enjoyment of the misfortune of the family of an ambassador and the hero aviator adventurer, and like all humans this family is seriously flawed and not to be envied!