The Paris Wife

I finally finished reading the book about Ernest Hemingway's first wife, Hadley Richardson. The book, The Paris Wife, is beautifully written and engaging. Well worth the read, if only for the beautiful sentences the author has crafted.

I didn't know much about Hemingway before our book club read A Farewell to Arms, followed by The Paris Wife. He was a complicated man who, like many other before and since, fell victim to his success. Seeing how he threw away the greatest love he would ever know was wrenching, and although she went on to find happiness with another man, it sounds as if she never quit loving Ernest. So sad.

The author brought up numerous thoughtful and complex issues as she wove the tale of Ernest and Hadley. It is a book that I would recommend as a good way to further understand the genius of Ernest Hemingway.