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On-Your-Own Book Club

"The Lindbergh Nanny" by Mariah Fredericks

2024-01-02 00:00:00 2024-01-02 23:59:00 America/New_York On-Your-Own Book Club No meetings, no deadlines, no pressure, just good reading! This month’s title is "The Lindbergh Nanny" by Mariah Fredericks. Pick up a copy of the book at the Culture & AV service desk. Main Library - Culture & AV

Tuesday, January 02
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Add to Calendar 2024-01-02 00:00:00 2024-01-02 23:59:00 America/New_York On-Your-Own Book Club No meetings, no deadlines, no pressure, just good reading! This month’s title is "The Lindbergh Nanny" by Mariah Fredericks. Pick up a copy of the book at the Culture & AV service desk. Main Library - Culture & AV

Main Library

Culture & AV

No meetings, no deadlines, no pressure, just good reading! This month’s title is "The Lindbergh Nanny" by Mariah Fredericks. Pick up a copy of the book at the Culture & AV service desk.

Enjoy fiction and nonfiction, large print, and audiobooks. Author information, questions to ponder, and readalikes are included with each book.

Book Summary:

When the most famous toddler in America, Charles Lindbergh, Jr., is kidnapped from his family home in New Jersey in 1932, the case makes international headlines. Already celebrated for his flight across the Atlantic, his father, Charles, Sr., is the country's golden boy, with his wealthy, lovely wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, by his side. But there's someone else in their household--Betty Gow: the Lindbergh Nanny.

Mariah Fredericks's "The Lindbergh Nanny" is powerful, propulsive novel about America's most notorious kidnapping through the eyes of the woman who found herself at the heart of this deadly crime.

"A masterful blending of fact and fiction that is as compelling as it is entertaining." —Nelson DeMille

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Books & Writing |

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