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The Paris Wife: A Novel by Paula McLain is a work of historical fiction that narrates the life of Ernest Hemingway’s first wife, Hadley Richardson, and her marriage to the author. The book covers when Richardson meets the author for the first time at a party and their difficult start in Paris before Hemingway’s fame, through to his affairs that led to their divorce. Based on actual letter exchanges between the pair and friends surrounding them, the chapters transport us through the making of Hemingway as we know him.The Paris Wife examines the impact of the war on his personality and psyche, his work as a war correspondent, and his subsequent travels in time of peace in a Europe that was reeling from the first world war and at the height of its bohemian renaissance. Look for moments of immense tension during bullfights in Spain or bubbly conversations in Paris cafes and bars. The novel uncovers one of the literary world’s most infamous modern authors from a very intimate perspective written in an easy and stimulating narrative voice.

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