Hey readers! I’m super excited for today’s post because this book was so fun to read! The Paris Wife is such a great historical fiction book!
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. 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 Fitzgerald.
Though deeply in love, the Hemingways are ill prepared for the hard-drinking, fast-living, and free-loving life of Jazz Age Paris. As Ernest struggles to find the voice that will earn him a place in history and pours himself into the novel that will become The Sun Also Rises, Hadley strives to hold on to her sense of self as her roles as wife, friend, and muse become more challenging. Eventually they 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.
This book is so enjoyable! The writing was elegant, yet simple and pleasant. All the characters were so interesting and unique, and I thought it was especially interesting because this is a story about Ernest Hemingway’s first wife Hadley. The story was fiction, but many ideas and events I believe were based on true events in the couple’s marriage. I think the fact that the story was based off true events made it that much more interesting. The characters had that important and well-known aspect because they are famous American artists.
I really liked how the story also covered the struggle of learning to live on your own and build a solid and reliable career. Because one of the main characters of the story is the iconic Mr. Hemingway, we see what it was like for him as a young writer. He knew he was going to write and nothing could or would convince him otherwise. The life struggles the characters go through make the story more realistic and relatable than a lot of other books.
Rating: BUY IT! This book was just a fantastic read from start to finish and would make the perfect weekend getaway read because of it’s blended history, realism and the fun of being young and in love!
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. 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 Fitzgerald.
Though deeply in love, the Hemingways are ill prepared for the hard-drinking, fast-living, and free-loving life of Jazz Age Paris. As Ernest struggles to find the voice that will earn him a place in history and pours himself into the novel that will become The Sun Also Rises, Hadley strives to hold on to her sense of self as her roles as wife, friend, and muse become more challenging. Eventually they 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.
This book is so enjoyable! The writing was elegant, yet simple and pleasant. All the characters were so interesting and unique, and I thought it was especially interesting because this is a story about Ernest Hemingway’s first wife Hadley. The story was fiction, but many ideas and events I believe were based on true events in the couple’s marriage. I think the fact that the story was based off true events made it that much more interesting. The characters had that important and well-known aspect because they are famous American artists.
I really liked how the story also covered the struggle of learning to live on your own and build a solid and reliable career. Because one of the main characters of the story is the iconic Mr. Hemingway, we see what it was like for him as a young writer. He knew he was going to write and nothing could or would convince him otherwise. The life struggles the characters go through make the story more realistic and relatable than a lot of other books.
Rating: BUY IT! This book was just a fantastic read from start to finish and would make the perfect weekend getaway read because of it’s blended history, realism and the fun of being young and in love!