Delacorte Press
January 2013
On Sale: January 15, 2013
416 pages ISBN: 0345528670 EAN: 9780345528674 Kindle: B0092EE3K8 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
In the spirit of Loving Frank and The Paris
Wife, acclaimed novelist Melanie Benjamin pulls back the
curtain on the marriage of one of America’s most
extraordinary couples: Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow
Lindbergh.
For much of her life, Anne
Morrow, the shy daughter of the U.S. 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. Then Anne, a college senior with
hidden literary aspirations, travels to Mexico City to spend
Christmas with her family. There she meets Colonel Charles
Lindbergh, fresh off his celebrated 1927 solo flight across
the Atlantic. Enthralled by Charles’s assurance and fame,
Anne is certain the celebrated aviator has scarcely noticed
her. But she is wrong.
Charles sees in Anne a
kindred spirit, a fellow adventurer, and her world will be
changed forever. The two marry in a headline-making wedding.
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.
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. 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.
Drawing 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. With stunning power and grace, Melanie
Benjamin provides new insight into what made this remarkable
relationship endure.
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