I knew very little about Anne Morrow Lindbergh before reading this book, other than that she had written Gift from the Sea and that she was Charles Lindbergh’s wife. It turns out she was much more. Anne was the first licensed female glider pilot in the U.S. and served as Charles’s co-pilot and navigator on numerous flights as he traversed the globe. However, she was overshadowed by her husband’s fame, the tragic kidnapping and death of their son Charlie, and her husband’s domineering personality.
This novel brings the time period to life and rounds out both Anne and Charles — he comes across as something of a tyrant. It takes many years for Anne to find her voice and come into her own. I enjoyed this book very much, but also found myself wondering how much of it was fact and how much was the author’s imagination. Perhaps I’ll have to read a biography of Anne in the future. Recommended.