âA beautiful portrait of being in Paris in the glittering 1920sâas a wife and as oneâs own woman.ââEntertainment Weekly
A deeply evocative story of ambition and betrayal, The Paris Wife captures the love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley.
Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happinessâuntil she meets Ernest Hemingway. Following a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for Paris, where they become the golden couple in a lively and volatile groupâthe fabled âLost Generationââthat includes Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Though deeply in love, the Hemingways are ill prepared for the hard-drinking, fast-living, and free-loving life of Jazz Age Paris. As Ernest struggles to find the voice that will earn him a place in history and pours himself into the novel that will become The Sun Also Rises, Hadley strives to hold on to her sense of self as her roles as wife, friend, and muse become more challenging. Eventually they find themselves facing the ultimate crisis of their marriageâa deception that will lead to the unraveling of everything theyâve fought so hard for.
A heartbreaking portrayal of love and torn loyalty, The Paris Wife is all the more poignant because we know that, in the end, Hemingway wrote that he would rather have died than fallen in love with anyone but Hadley.
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Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- Biographical
- Historical Fiction
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Author : McLain, Paula
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2012-11-27
Number Of Pages : 331
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0345521315
ISBN-13 : 9780345521316
Item weight : 0.8 lb
Dimensions : 0.9 in x 5.25 in x 7.9 in
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