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Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Little, Brown Audio
- Paperback Jan 10, 2012 | 9781844086689 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 5, 2012 | 9781405514569 | RRP $30.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Mar 3, 2011 | 9780748119257 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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* Out now in paperback, the heart-wrenching story of ambition and betrayal that captures the love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his first wife Hadley
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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Paula McLain
Paula McLain received an MFA in poetry from the University of Michigan and has been awarded fellowships from Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She is the author of two collections of poetry, as well as a memoir, Like Family. Her novels include The Paris Wife and Circling the Sun. She lives in Cleveland with her family.
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