I loved this book so much! It is a terrific story that transports you to the fashionable life of Paris in the 20's. It is based around the marriage of Ernest Hemmingway and Hadley Richardson, Hemmingway's first wife. Hadley is portrayed as such a beautifully decent person and staunchly solid wife that it is joy to accompany her for the ride through the partying and fast-living life of the Roaring 20's in Paris. Hadley describes herself as stocky and unfashionable, yet Hemmingway insists thats what he loves about her. Nonetheless beautiful women insist upon competing for his affections, and since family values and monogamy were not the order of the day, Hadley struggles to maintain a calm security about her marriage.
Apparently Hemmingway wrote that he would rather have died than fallen in love with anyone but Hadley. Heartbreaking in light of the story.
The Home Filez rating - 5 stars!! Woo hoo!
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