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Violence
Barely any
No violence; the emotional damage is relational
Language
Barely any
Period literary prose; mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Adult romantic relationships and infidelity; the Hemingways' marriage is central; some content
Substance Use
Some
Significant drinking in the Paris expatriate world; drinking is culture and character
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychological weight of being left for a younger woman and trying to understand who you were in a marriage that has become history
What this book is about
Hadley Richardson Hemingway narrates her marriage to Ernest Hemingway—from their first meeting in Chicago through their Paris years and the expatriate world that would define 1920s literary culture. Paula McLain's biographical novel is sympathetic to Hadley without being unjust to Ernest, and deeply immersive in the Lost Generation world.
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