With stunning power and grace, Melanie Benjamin provides new insight into what made this remarkable relationship endure.Biographical novel of Anne Morrow and her troubled marriage to pioneering aviator Charles Lindbergh.Īnne, self-effacing daughter of a suffragette and an ambassador, is surprised when Charles, already a celebrity thanks to his first trans-Atlantic flight in 1927, asks her-instead of her blonde, outgoing older sister Elisabeth-to go flying with him. The fairy-tale life she once longed for will bring heartbreak and hardships, ultimately pushing her to reconcile her need for love and her desire for independence, and to embrace, at last, life’s infinite possibilities for change and happiness.ĭrawing on the rich history of the twentieth century-from the late twenties to the mid-sixties-and featuring cameos from such notable characters as Joseph Kennedy and Amelia Earhart, The Aviator’s Wife is a vividly imagined novel of a complicated marriage-revealing both its dizzying highs and its devastating lows. In the years that follow, despite her own major achievements-she becomes the first licensed female glider pilot in the United States-Anne is viewed merely as the aviator’s wife. Hounded by adoring crowds and hunted by an insatiable press, Charles shields himself and his new bride from prying eyes, leaving Anne to feel her life falling back into the shadows. The two marry in a headline-making wedding. But she is wrong.Ĭharles sees in Anne a kindred spirit, a fellow adventurer, and her world will be changed forever. Enthralled by Charles’s assurance and fame, Anne is certain the celebrated aviator has scarcely noticed her. There she meets Colonel Charles Lindbergh, fresh off his celebrated 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic.
Then Anne, a college senior with hidden literary aspirations, travels to Mexico City to spend Christmas with her family. ambassador to Mexico, has stood in the shadows of those around her, including her millionaire father and vibrant older sister, who often steals the spotlight. For much of her life, Anne Morrow, the shy daughter of the U.S.
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