Hadley Richardson, a shy twenty-eight-year-old from St. Louis, meets the young journalist Ernest Hemingway in Chicago and marries him in 1921. They move to Paris, where she has a view of the circle of the Lost Generation, among them Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein and the Fitzgeralds, and where Hemingway writes while she supports him. As his ambition grows and temptation arrives in the shape of another woman, their marriage frays. Paula McLain narrates in Hadley's voice, based on letters and memoirs.
Historical fiction for anyone fascinated by 1920s Paris and literary couples. It gives the first wife a voice and makes a reader think about devotion and ambition.
Balanced in tone; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Story Seeker. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Le Livre de Poche
- Language
- FR
