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The Aviator's Wife
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  • Published: 2 December 2013
  • ISBN: 9780345528681
  • Imprint: Bantam Dell
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $50.00

The Aviator's Wife

A Novel

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15 Jan 2013
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15 Jan 2013
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2 Dec 2013
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New York Times bestseller! In the spirit of The Paris Wife and Loving Frank, acclaimed novelist Melanie Benjamin's (Alice I Have Been, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb) soaring triumph of a novel, which pulls back the curtain on the marriage of one of America's most extraordinary couples, is now available in paperback.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “remarkable” (The Denver Post) novel, the acclaimed author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue pulls back the curtain on the marriage of one of America’s most extraordinary couples: Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.

“The history [is] exhilarating. . . . The Aviator’s Wife soars.”—USA Today

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.
  • Published: 2 December 2013
  • ISBN: 9780345528681
  • Imprint: Bantam Dell
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $50.00
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About the author

Melanie Benjamin

Melanie Benjamin is a prize-winning novelist and New York Times bestselling author of The Windsor Affair, California Golden, The Children’s Blizzard, Mistress of the Ritz, The Girls in the Picture, The Swans of Fifth Avenue, The Aviator's Wife, The Autobiography of Mrs.Tom Thumb, and Alice I Have Been. She lives and continues to write in Chicago, Illinoise.
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Also by Melanie Benjamin

The Children's Blizzard
Mistress of the Ritz
The Swans of Fifth Avenue
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
The Windsor Affair
California Golden
Reckless Hearts (Short Story)
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Praise for The Aviator's Wife

  • "Will fascinate history buffs and surprise those who know of her only as 'the aviator's wife.'" --People (3.5 stars out of 4)
  • "Talented historical novelist Benjamin has a knack for picking intriguing, if somewhat obscure, women in history and making them utterly unforgettable....Enthralling....In true Benjamin style, it's Anne who captures us all in this exquisite fictional take on an iconic marriage." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
  • "The history is exhilarating.... The Aviator's Wife soars" --USA Today
  • "Rich, heartbreaking....At once sweeping and intimate, this is a riveting portrait of a woman both shaped by and separate from her relationship with her extraordinary husband." --Shelf Awareness

  • "Will fascinate history buffs and surprise those who know of her only as 'the aviator's wife.'" --People (3.5 stars out of 4)
  • "Talented historical novelist Benjamin has a knack for picking intriguing, if somewhat obscure, women in history and making them utterly unforgettable....Enthralling....In true Benjamin style, it's Anne who captures us all in this exquisite fictional take on an iconic marriage." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
  • "The history is exhilarating.... The Aviator's Wife soars" --USA Today
  • "Rich, heartbreaking....At once sweeping and intimate, this is a riveting portrait of a woman both shaped by and separate from her relationship with her extraordinary husband." --Shelf Awareness