Monday, March 11, 2013

The Aviator's Wife / Melanie Benjamin / 396 pages

The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin is an historical novel about the life of Anne Morrow Lindbergh - a richly atmospheric imagining of Charles and Anne’s life together, especially the after-effects of their baby’s kidnapping on their marriage and their lives.

Benjamin's novel traces the romance between the handsome young aviator and a shy ambassador's daughter whose relationship is marked by wild international acclaim and marred by tragedy. This thought-provoking, character-driven novel will appeal to those who enjoy historical fiction as well as to readers of biographies and romance.

Read alikes include: Z by Therese Fowler; The Paris Wife by Paula McClain; The Raven’s Bride by Lenore Hart.

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