I wish Goodreads had half stars! This is definitely a 3.5..maybe even a 3.75 star book for me. I enjoyed it very much probably because I knew almost nothing about the Lindbergh's before reading this (aside from the kidnapping of their child, The Spirit of St. Louis, etc.). I connected with Anne and saw a little of myself in her--I cheered with her when she stood up to her husband, I cried with her when tragedy struck; I feel like we're best friends :). But honestly, Anne Morrow Lindbergh is a fascinating figure and Melanie Benjamin brings her to life in this novel. 
 Sometimes the narrative jumped around too much for me. It would skip ahead a few years in time, but then go back to explain what had happened in the interim. By the time I aligned my thoughts with this time jump, it would happen again. Another aspect of the novel that I HAVE to mention is the fact that Amelia Earheart is mentioned briefly in the beginning of the novel. She's speaking to Charles at a party and then turns to Anne and basically embarrasses her--so she's portrayed as a not very nice person. That's fine, but then she's never mentioned again. Her solo flight and the fact that she nor her plane were ever found are ignored. Now, I didn't really want to know more about Amelia because the book wasn't about her, but I thought it was strange that she was never mentioned again even just to make a comment about the dangers of flying, especially alone. I would like to know what Melanie Benjamin meant to say, or not to say, by not bringing this up later in the novel. 
 I definitely will be checking out the rest of Melanie Benjamin's novels after this read :)