The book gives you a lot of information unknown to most people about Charles Lindbergh, the husband and father. Although hailed a hero by the public, he is a flawed person who cannot show affection to the people closest to him. He is cold, controlling, selfish. He was a proponent of racial purity and worried that his children would develop mental issues. He was unfaithful to his wife, having mistresses and fathering other children.