The Lindbergh Nanny: When Scandal, Suspicion, and Society Collide

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⭐ Amazon: 4.4/5 (7,000+ reviews)
⭐ Goodreads: 4.1/5 (15,000+ ratings)

Step aside, The Gilded Age, because The Lindbergh Nanny by Mariah Fredericks is serving up all the historical drama, wealth, and whispers of scandal—only this time, with an unsettling mystery at its core. If you think today’s news cycle is a mess, imagine being Betty Gow, a Scottish immigrant turned elite nanny, caught in the middle of the most infamous kidnapping case in American history. And you thought babysitting your neighbor’s kid was stressful.

“We do not choose the moments that shape us, but we must choose what we do with them

Mariah Fredericks gives us an inside look at the Lindbergh household through Betty’s eyes—watching as this seemingly perfect family, helmed by America’s golden-boy aviator, starts to show its cracks. Sound familiar? (Cough, cough The downfall of a certain British royal’s fairytale marriage?) But this isn’t just another rich-people-being-rich story. This is a slow-burning, psychological unraveling of what it means to trust, to love, and to be caught in a web of power that will either protect you—or destroy you.

Fredericks writes Betty as a complex, emotionally rich heroine, making us question everything we think we know about the case. Was she just another cog in the well-oiled machine of the Lindbergh estate? Or was she something more—an observer of secrets too dangerous to speak aloud? If you love a novel that blends real-life history with the kind of intrigue that would make Succession look tame, then trust me, this one’s for you.

I had lived in the house of a man the world revered, held a child the country wept for, and yet I had never been more alone. The weight of love and suspicion sat heavy on my shoulders, and I wondered—was it worse to know the truth, or to be kept in the dark forever?”

And just like any good mystery, The Lindbergh Nanny reminds us: the truth is rarely what it seems.

XOXO,
Dewey