The Paris Wife
A deeply evocative story of ambition and
betrayal, The Paris Wife captures a remarkable period of time and a love affair
between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley.
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 and her life changes forever. 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 and Zelda Fitzgerald.
Though deeply in love, the Hemingways are ill-prepared
for the hard-drinking and fast-living life of Jazz Age Paris, which hardly
values traditional notions of family and monogamy. Surrounded by beautiful
women and competing egos, Ernest struggles to find the voice that will earn him
a place in history, pouring all the richness and intensity of his life with
Hadley and their circle of friends into the novel that will become The Sun Also
Rises. Hadley, meanwhile, strives to hold on to her sense of self as the
demands of life with Ernest grow costly and her roles as wife, friend, and muse
become more challenging. Despite their extraordinary bond, they eventually 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.
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