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The Aviator's Wife

Melanie Benjamin

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Mar 21, 2016 Rachel rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I loved this book, I was reading it for my book club at the library. I didn't know much about the Lindbergh's. I knew that their son had been kidnapped and was later found dead. But I never knew anything about Anne. The one thing that I got from this book, is that I want to go further and learn more on this couple. I absolutely love historical novels like this, that make you feel like this. The fact that Charles Lindbergh had seven children with different mistresses shocked me. Then Anne decidin ...more

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Apr 04, 2016 Natalie [genreneutralreader] rated it liked it · review of another edition

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This might have been closer to a 3.5 star rating for me. The writing was well-done. The book did exactly what Melanie Benjamin says she hoped it would do: It made me want to go learn more about the Lindberghs. Like many other reviewers, I was extremely frustrated at how compliant Anne was not just to Charles Lindbergh's every demand, but how she allowed him to treat their children. Sometimes, I wanted to scream at her, but rarely did I want to put the book down. If I am being honest, historical ...more

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