McLain has employed impressive primary and secondary sources, including Gellhorn’s letters, before letting loose her fictionalized heroine. It’s a quandary, both for McLain and her fiery protagonist, and the solution isn’t easy. The book is fueled by her questing spirit, which asks, Why must a woman decide between being a war correspondent and a wife in her husband’s bed? If we ignore the white whale that is Ernest, this novel questions how to combine romantic desire with a drive to live for yourself to work. 3, the reporter and novelist Martha Gellhorn. $28.Īfter the success of “The Paris Wife” - which gave the floor to Hadley Richardson and Pauline Pfeiffer, the first two wives of Ernest Hemingway - Paula McLain has returned with a novel about wife No.
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