The Paris wife
(Book on CD)
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Main Flagstaff Public Library - Audiobooks CD or MP3
C D McLAIN, PAULA
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C D McLAIN, PAULA
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Main Flagstaff Public Library - Audiobooks CD or MP3 | C D McLAIN, PAULA | On Shelf |
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Format
Book on CD
Physical Desc
10 audio discs (11 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
9780307877185
Notes
General Note
Unabridged.
Creation/Production Credits
Executive producers, Orli Moscowitz and Dan Musselman.
Participants/Performers
Read by Carrington MacDuffie.
Description
In this fictional memoir, Hadley Hemingway chronicles the life and career of her husband, famed twentieth century writer Ernest Hemingway. Through Hadley's unique perspective, listeners get a behind-the-scenes look into the personal lives of the Lost Generation writers, including Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, and Ezra Pound.
Description
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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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
McLain, P., & MacDuffie, C. (2011). The Paris wife . Random House, Inc..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McLain, Paula and Carrington MacDuffie. 2011. The Paris Wife. Random House, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McLain, Paula and Carrington MacDuffie. The Paris Wife Random House, Inc, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)McLain, Paula., and Carrington MacDuffie. The Paris Wife Random House, Inc., 2011.
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