"WE LINDBERGHS STILL KNOW OURSELVES BEST AS A TRIBE: CLOSE-KNIT, SELF-ENCLOSED, AND SELF-DEFINING, ALWAYS PREPARED TO BE BESIEGED BY INVISIBLE FORCES UPWELLING FROM THE PAST...".
The world knew Charles Lindbergh as a daring aviator, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and controversial isolationist in World War II. His wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was a bestselling author. To their five children they were Father, never Daddy, and Mother. Charles, a stern yet loving father, was surprisingly affectionate and playful; Anne provided a great, gentling love. With remarkable candor, their youngest daughter provides a rare, intimate look at her legendary family ... the pervasive impact of her brother's kidnapping and death ... the complexity of her parents' long, loving marriage ... the night her life and her mother's converged, as Reeve's own infant son died suddenly. With grace and insight, Reeve Lindbergh appraises her remarkable parents, her unusual childhood, and the troubling questions that remain. At once an eloquent reminiscence and a slice of American history, Under a Wing is, at its core, a heartfelt tribute to an extraordinary family.
"WE LINDBERGHS STILL KNOW OURSELVES BEST AS A TRIBE: CLOSE-KNIT, SELF-ENCLOSED, AND SELF-DEFINING, ALWAYS PREPARED TO BE BESIEGED BY INVISIBLE FORCES UPWELLING FROM THE PAST...".
The world knew Charles Lindbergh as a daring aviator, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and controversial isolationist in World War II. His wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was a bestselling author. To their five children they were Father, never Daddy, and Mother. Charles, a stern yet loving father, was surprisingly affectionate and playful; Anne provided a great, gentling love. With remarkable candor, their youngest daughter provides a rare, intimate look at her legendary family ... the pervasive impact of her brother's kidnapping and death ... the complexity of her parents' long, loving marriage ... the night her life and her mother's converged, as Reeve's own infant son died suddenly. With grace and insight, Reeve Lindbergh appraises her remarkable parents, her unusual childhood, and the troubling questions that remain. At once an eloquent reminiscence and a slice of American history, Under a Wing is, at its core, a heartfelt tribute to an extraordinary family.
"A wonderful family memoir."
--"The New York Times Book Review"
"A poignant and superbly written memoir...A story of fascinating
contradictions."
--"Chicago Tribune"
"Touching...[an] often wry and compelling mosaic of life with
father."
--"The Washington Post"
"Marvelous, moving...An insider's look at the Lindberghs' private
lives...this is a daughter's-eye view: gentle, candid and
illustrated with intimate everyday details."
--"USA Today"
A New York Times Notable Book and an Alternate Selection of the
Literary Guild and the Doubleday Book Club
This memoir by the youngest child of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh provides a rare look into the lives of a closely guarded famous family. Reeve Lindbergh, an author of young adult fiction, relates how she gradually came to realize that her parents were famous and how the events that made them famous affected all of their lives. Without sugar-coating her parents, especially her father, whose domineering personality was a source of almost constant frustration, she poignantly reminisces about how she could never live up to his expectations, how her parents handled the murder of their first son, and how she herself coped with the loss of a sister to cancer, her own son's death, and her mother's decline. A forthright and moving memoir; recommended for all libraries. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 5/15/98.]ÄRonald Ray Ratliff, Chapman H.S. Lib., KS
YA-This beautifully written memoir allows readers to see the author's family as she knows them. She offers vivid descriptions of events, whether they be a flying lesson with her father, Charles Lindbergh, or the pain of watching the deteriorating health of her mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The author speaks about the circumstances of her eldest brother's kidnapping and death as a baby and how that tragedy forever affected her parents and their interactions with their other children. Readers also meet other relatives, including maternal and paternal grandparents and cousins, and see what roles they played in the family's lives. Lindbergh shows that her family's relationships have not always been easy but they have been close and deep. She doesn't shy away from the truth and yet she manages to be honest without being hurtful. A truly wonderful portrait of a famous family.-Peggy Bercher, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
"A wonderful family memoir." --"The New York Times Book Review" "A poignant and superbly written memoir...A story of fascinating contradictions." --"Chicago Tribune" "Touching...[an] often wry and compelling mosaic of life with father." --"The Washington Post" "Marvelous, moving...An insider's look at the Lindberghs' private lives...this is a daughter's-eye view: gentle, candid and illustrated with intimate everyday details." --"USA Today" A New York Times Notable Book and an Alternate Selection of the Literary Guild and the Doubleday Book Club
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