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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780393326222 ISBN: 0393326225 Label: W. W. Norton & Company Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 302 Publication Date: November 15, 2004 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Studio: W. W. Norton & Company Editorial Review: Product Description: "A compassionate exploration of a woman's life—between motherhood and dreaming, living the everyday and taking flight."—Jane Mendelsohn, author of I Was Amelia Earhart When two elderly Iowans, Ruth and Henry Gutterson, disappear mysteriously on their way home from Thanksgiving, their adult children find a crate of Ruth's letters written to Anne Morrow Lindbergh. In the letters the children read of the origins of their parents' passion: how they first met in 1924 when Henry crashed his Air Mail plane into Ruth's family's cornfield; how Ruth flew alongside Henry as his navigator; about Ruth's passion for flying; and how the birth of her children kept her on the ground. Reading group guide included. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - "Is this heaven? No, it's Iowa..."This is a very well written story of a young aviator couple in the 1920's. He flies the Air Mail, she is an Iowa farm girl who becomes his navigator, later grounded when they begin a family. The story flips back and forth from the 1980's, when the couple are 80 years old, to their years together during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Much of the story is told in the form of letters to Mrs. Charles Lindbergh, which are never answered. This is a very good story about the strength of relationships, family ... Read More Rating:  - (3.5)A love affair with the skyOne Thanksgiving weekend, when octogenarian Ruth and Henry Gutterson fail to return home from visiting their adult children for the holiday, siblings John and Margaret grow alarmed. Their parents have always been as predictable as the weather. Suddenly, they're missing. With no sign of foul play, it dawns on the brother and sister, finally, that their elderly parents may have run away. But the heart of Dear Mrs. Lindbergh, takes a step back in time, to early twentieth-century Iowa, where the ... Read More Rating:  - A gripping, tear-jerking first novel. Bravo!I started reading Dear Mrs. Lindbergh last night and couldn't stop! It is a searching examination of the challenges faced by the heroine, Ruth Gutterson. Through Ruth, Hughes explores how a woman born in the early part of the 20th century attempts to reconcile the fierce love she has for her children and husband with her passion for flying. Hughes's prose is clean and unflinching, her style underscoring her characters' drive to understand themselves and those they love. Early American aviation history ... Read More Rating: - a heartbreaking work of staggering genuisI borrowed a line from author Dave Eggers to describe Kathleen Hughes' book "Dear Mrs. Lindbergh." It's an emotional story that only gets better as you read, and such a superb ending, unexpected and perfect. Everyone should read this book! Rating: - Dear Mrs. Lindbergh: Well crafted/ characters with depthI want Amazon guests to know how MUCH I enjoyed Kathleen Hughes' first novel. It got better and better as I read on. At first, I was a liitle distanced by the flying talk, but when it got into the family, I got caught. The relationship between Ruth and Henry was so well crafted. This was a real love affair, with real people, flawed, and disappinted in each other, and yet still ready to go on loving. I thought her description of Ruth's breakdown was so fine. I loved Ruth's father's inarticulate terror. ... Read More |
