BOC's Reads

When I moved to Massachusetts 13 years ago, a friend asked me to join her book club. We meet every month and discuss each book over dinner at a member's house. We share so much more than our opinions of the books we read and have become a very close knit group of women. Here are some thoughts I have had on a few of our most recent books!

Sunday, April 1, 2012

The Paris Wife

      The Paris Wife by Paula McLain is an amazing book! I loved it because it tells the author's interpretation of the "inside story" of Ernest and Hadley Hemingway's marriage. In life, we hear, read, and see so much about Ernest Hemingway that is was really refreshing to get to know Hadley so much better by reading this book. Paula McLain did a great deal of research to get the facts right, then she added her fictional account of the inner workings of the Hemingway marriage: their thoughts, private discussions, and emotions at the various stages of their relationship. 


      Hadley and Ernest Hemingway were married on September 3, 1921 in Horton Bay, Michigan. Their marriage lasted for six years. 




In this video clip, author Paula McLain discusses her book, and then lets the interviewer give her a 1920's makeover!
   
    

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