The Paris Wife

Chicago, 1920 : Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness -- unt... (more)

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. Though deeply in love, the Hemingways are ill prepared for the hard-drinking and fast-living life of Jazz Age Paris. Ernest struggles to find the voice that will earn him a place in history, pouring all the richness and intensity of his life 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 become more challenging. (less)