![]() This is when the story really heats up. We meet notables like Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, James Joyce, and F. ![]() He pulls her out of her dreary, safe existence marrying her and whisking her of to 1920’s Paris. Ernest is like no one she’s ever met, brilliant, masculine, funny, vibrant, and amazingly, he’s interested in her. The story opens with Hadley visiting friends in Chicago and meeting the pre-published Hemingway. McLain gives us a ringside seat for the first match as Hemingway starts a literate love affair–writing Hadley fevered letters after she returned home, often several a day. The Paris Wife written by Paula McLain (2012 Random House), tells the story of Ernest Hemingway’s first wife Hadley Richardson at the cusp of Hemingway’s writing career. The Paris Wife: 1920s Hemingway’s Hadley Book Review ![]()
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