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I vaguely remember hearing some buzz about this book a few years back, but, like so many books i intend to investigate, this one fell off my radar and i actually forgot all about it. Anne morrow lindbergh, wife of aviator charles lindbergh. Do you think thats how anne views herself upon marrying charles. Melanie benjamin pulls back the curtain on the marriage of one of americas most extraordinary couples. The aviators wife revolves around the historic personage of anne morrow lindbergh. The book we are talking about today is the aviators wife 20 by melanie benjamin. In order to find out why she did it, he decides to spy on her and her.
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