The aviators wife audiobook by melanie benjamin kobo. Tom thumb 2011 features the wife of circus celebrity general tom thumb. The aviators wife downloadable audiobook king county. Audio book sample courtesy of penguin random house audio. In the spirit of loving frank and the paris wife, acclaimed novelist melanie benjamin pulls back the curtain on the marriage of one of americas. The aviator s wife may appeal more to women readers than to male readers. Intimately depicting their marriage of duty and partnership in the air, as well as the. Drawing on the rich history of the twentieth century from the late twenties to the midsixties and featuring cameos from such notable characters as joseph kennedy and amelia earhart, the aviators wife is a vividly imagined audiobook of a complicated marriage revealing both its dizzying highs and its devastating lows.
Lorna raver for much of her life, anne morrow, the shy daughter of the u. Her behavior at charles deathbed in 1974 is emotional dynamite. In the spirit of loving frank and the paris wife, acclaimed novelist melanie benjamin pulls back the curtain on the marriage of one of americas most extraordinary couples. For much of her life, anne morrow, the shy daughter of the u. Melanie benjamin is the author of the new york times bestselling novels the swans of fifth avenue and the aviators wife, as well as the national bestseller alice i have been, and the autobiography of mrs. Learn more about the aviators wife in the listening books digital collection. The aviators wife may appeal more to women readers than to male readers. I did find the tone of the novel which i listened to in audio format fairly brittle. The aviators wife by melanie benjamin penguin random house. In the spirit of loving frank and the paris wife, acclaimed novelist melanie benjamin pulls back the curtain on the marriage. But i do recognize the growth of anne morrows character during the book and her strength in charles declining years and his final illness. Now, in the aviators wife, benjamin has taken on the story of half.
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