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The Paris wife [LP]

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 p...

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Main Author: McLain, Paula.
Format: Books Print Book Large Print
Language: English
Published: Thorndike, Me. : Center Point Large Print, 2011.
Edition: Large print ed.
Subjects:
Hemingway, Ernest, > 1899-1961 > Marriage > Fiction.
Mowrer, Hadley Hemingway, > 1891- > Fiction.
Authors' spouses > Fiction.
Authors, American > France > Fiction.
Expatriate authors > France > Fiction.
Paris (France) > Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Large print books.
Summary: 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.
Physical Description: 477 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9781611730173
1611730171
Author Notes: Paula McLain was born in Fresno, California in 1965. After being abandoned by both parents, she and her two sisters became wards of the California Court System and moved in and out of foster homes for the next 14 years. She received a MFA in poetry from the University of Michigan in 1996. She is the author of two collections of poetry entitled Less of Her and Stumble, Gorgeous and a memoir entitled Like Family: Growing up in Other People's Houses. She has also written several novels including A Ticket to Ride, The Paris Wife, and Circling the Sun. She has published individual poems and essays in numerous journals including the Gettysburg Review, Antioch Review, and The New York Times Sunday Magazine.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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