Adult Book Group Reads The Aviator's Wife for September 1st or 6th
Melanie Benjamin’s The Aviator's Wife is the chosen title for All Booked Up’s discussion on Friday, September 1st at 1:00PM or Wednesday, September 6th at 6:30PM. Copies of the book are available in the upper level “New” room.
About the Book
When Anne Morrow, a shy college senior with hidden literary aspirations,
travels to Mexico City to spend Christmas with her family, 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 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. In the
years that follow, Anne becomes the first licensed female glider pilot
in the United States. But despite this and other major achievements, she
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.
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