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Dec. 1st, 2015
Sarah's November Books
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sk8eeyore.livejournal.comMy reading this month definitely followed a certain theme, to my surprise.
On a whim, I'd picked up Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg, because despite living in St. Louis, I didn't know much about him and remembered that this was an award-winning biography. It was a very good read, and I learned tons about Lindbergh's life that I'd never heard before. There's a lot more to his story than the transatlantic flight in 1927.
The most intriguing parts of the book, however, were the excerpts from Anne Morrow Lindbergh's letters and diaries, on which Berg relies heavily. Anne was wonderfully gifted in her own right, and I ended up devouring two volumes of her published diaries, Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead (1929-1932) (from before her marriage to Charles through the death of their firstborn) and Locked Rooms and Open Doors (1933-1935) (covering many of the Lindberghs' aviation scouting trips, Anne's early writing successes, and the family's fleeing to England to escape hounding by the media). Even as there was so much about her fame, aviation experience, and personal tragedy that I couldn't identify with, I related to much of what she expressed about writing, marriage, shyness, and the struggle to find and occupy one's space in the world. Many beautiful passages. I plan to continue through the later volumes, and I'd definitely consider buying the lot of them to have on my shelves someday--they're that enjoyable.
Total read this month: 3.
On a whim, I'd picked up Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg, because despite living in St. Louis, I didn't know much about him and remembered that this was an award-winning biography. It was a very good read, and I learned tons about Lindbergh's life that I'd never heard before. There's a lot more to his story than the transatlantic flight in 1927.
The most intriguing parts of the book, however, were the excerpts from Anne Morrow Lindbergh's letters and diaries, on which Berg relies heavily. Anne was wonderfully gifted in her own right, and I ended up devouring two volumes of her published diaries, Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead (1929-1932) (from before her marriage to Charles through the death of their firstborn) and Locked Rooms and Open Doors (1933-1935) (covering many of the Lindberghs' aviation scouting trips, Anne's early writing successes, and the family's fleeing to England to escape hounding by the media). Even as there was so much about her fame, aviation experience, and personal tragedy that I couldn't identify with, I related to much of what she expressed about writing, marriage, shyness, and the struggle to find and occupy one's space in the world. Many beautiful passages. I plan to continue through the later volumes, and I'd definitely consider buying the lot of them to have on my shelves someday--they're that enjoyable.
Total read this month: 3.
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