The Paris wife : a novel
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9780345521309 hardcover : acidfree paper, 0345521307 hardcover : acid-free paper, 9780345521323 ebook, 0345521323 ebook
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xii, 320 pages ; 25 cm.
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English
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9780345521309 hardcover : acidfree paper, 0345521307 hardcover : acid-free paper, 9780345521323 ebook, 0345521323 ebook
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Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness—until she meets Ernest Hemingway and her life changes forever. Following a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for Paris, where they become the golden couple in a lively and volatile group—the fabled “Lost Generation”—that includes Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald.
Though deeply in love, the Hemingways are ill prepared for the hard-drinking and fast-living life of Jazz Age Paris, which hardly values traditional notions of family and monogamy. Surrounded by beautiful women and competing egos, Ernest struggles to find the voice that will earn him a place in history, pouring all the richness and intensity of his life with Hadley and their circle of friends into the novel that will become The Sun Also Rises. Hadley, meanwhile, strives to hold on to her sense of self as the demands of life with Ernest grow costly and her roles as wife, friend, and muse become more challenging. Despite their extraordinary bond, they eventually find themselves facing the ultimate crisis of their marriage—a deception that will lead to the unraveling of everything they’ve 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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20110418.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
McLain, P. (2011). The Paris wife: a novel . Ballantine Books, .
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McLain, Paula. 2011. The Paris Wife: A Novel. Ballantine Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McLain, Paula. The Paris Wife: A Novel Ballantine Books, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)McLain, Paula. The Paris Wife: A Novel Ballantine Books, , 2011.
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