Why did I love this book?
This was the book that made me want to write historical fiction about real people.
It’s the story of Hemingway’s first wife, Hadley Richardson, who supported him while he was trying to establish himself as a writer. She steps from the pages as a sympathetic, relatable young woman desperately trying to be a good wife to a man who frankly doesn’t deserve her. The Paris Wife brings Hadley to life in the way that biographies sticking to fact never could, and I adored it!
4 authors picked The Paris Wife as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply evocative novel of ambition and betrayal that captures the love affair between two unforgettable people, Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley—from the author of Love and Ruin and When the Stars Go Dark
“A beautiful portrait of being in Paris in the glittering 1920s—as a wife and as one’s own woman.”—Entertainment Weekly
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY People • Chicago Tribune • NPR • The Philadelphia Inquirer • Kirkus Reviews • The Toronto Sun • BookPage
Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eight-year-old who has all but…