The Paris Wife
by Paula McLain
The book is a good corrective to the image Hemingway liked to portray of himself as a supreme writer who knew exactly what he was doing
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“It is the story of Ernest Hemingway’s first marriage to Hadley Richardson, set in the dynamic and artistic world of 1920s Paris. It’s also a retelling of Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast, told from Hadley’s point of view… The Paris Wife explores their whirlwind courtship, their immersion in the expat literary scene of Paris and the eventual breakdown of the marriage. And it shows Hadley’s struggles to maintain her identity amid Hemingway’s growing literary fame and infidelities… McLain captures Hemingway’s charisma, but she also gets his tendencies towards boastfulness and bullying. I didn’t like him at all.” Read more...
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