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The Paris wife

A remarkable period of time and a love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley.

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  • "A remarkable period of time and a love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley."@en
  • "In this fictionalized account, Hadley Richardson has given up on love--then she meets Ernest Hemingway. The two fall in love and are married--but they are ill-prepared for life's temptations."@en
  • "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..."
  • "Meeting through mutual friends in Chicago, Hadley is intrigued by brash "beautiful boy" Ernest Hemingway, and after a brief courtship and small wedding, they take off for Paris, where Hadley makes a convincing transformation from an overprotected child to a game and brave young woman who puts up with impoverished living conditions and shattering loneliness to prop up her husband's career."@en
  • "In this fictional memoir, Hadley Hemingway chronicles the life and career of her husband, famed twentieth century writer Ernest Hemingway. Through Hadley's unique perspective, listeners get a behind-the-scenes look into the personal lives of the Lost Generation writers, including Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, and Ezra Pound."
  • "Portrays the love affair and marriage between Ernest Hemingway and Hadley Mowrer from their Chicago meeting in 1920 to their lives during the Jazz Age in Paris, but as Ernest struggles to find his literary voice, Hadley tries to define herrole in their relationship as wife, friend, and muse."
  • ""An evocative story of ambition and betrayal, The Paris Wife captures a remarkable time and place - the 1920's in Chicago, Toronto, and most of all Paris - and an extraordinary love affair between Ernest Heminway and his first wife, Hadley."--Back cover."
  • "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..."

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  • "Electronic audio books"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Love stories"
  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Talking books"
  • "Biographical fiction"
  • "Biographical fiction"@en

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  • "The Paris wife"
  • "The Paris wife"@en
  • "The Paris wife a novel"@en
  • "The Paris wife a novel"
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