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The Paris Wife

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Zusatztext Hadley is a deeply touching character! dignified even as she loses almost everything she's loved! and making her goodness both convincing and interesting is an impressive feat Informationen zum Autor Paula McLain received an MFA in poetry from the University of Michigan and has been awarded fellowships from Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She is the author of two collections of poetry, as well as a memoir, Like Family, and a novel, A Ticket to Ride. She lives in Cleveland with her family. Klappentext Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a shy twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness when she meets Ernest Hemingway and is captivated by his energy, intensity and burning ambition to write. After a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for France. But glamorous Jazz Age Paris, full of artists and writers, fuelled by alcohol and gossip, is no place for family life and fidelity. Ernest and Hadley's marriage begins to founder, and the birth of a beloved son serves only to drive them further apart. Then, at last, Ernest's ferocious literary endeavours begin to bring him recognition - not least from a woman intent on making him her own . . .* Out now in paperback, the heart-wrenching story of ambition and betrayal that captures the love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his first wife Hadley Zusammenfassung * Out now in paperback, the heart-wrenching story of ambition and betrayal that captures the love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his first wife Hadley

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Authors Paula McLain
Publisher Virago Press Ltd
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 31.03.2012
 
EAN 9781844086689
ISBN 978-1-84408-668-9
No. of pages 416
Dimensions 201 mm x 129 mm x 27 mm
Series Virago Press
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature

FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Biographical, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century

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