Love and Ruin
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"In 1937, twenty-eight-year-old Martha Gellhorn travels alone to Madrid to report on the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War and becomes drawn to the stories of ordinary people caught in the devastating conflict. It's the adventure she's been looking for and her chance to prove herself a worthy journalist in a field dominated by men. But she also finds herself unexpectedly--and uncontrollably--falling in love with Hemingway, a man on his way to becoming a legend. In the shadow of the impending Second World War, and set against the turbulent backdrops of Madrid and Cuba, Martha and Ernest's relationship and their professional careers ignite. But when Ernest publishes the biggest literary success of his career, For Whom the Bell Tolls, they are no longer equals, and Martha must make a choice: surrender to the confining demands of being a famous man's wife or risk losing Ernest by forging a path as her own woman and writer."-- Provided by publisher.
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Historical fiction meets Hemingway
submitted by hadleysnicole on June 26, 2018, 6:49am
Love and Ruin by Paula McLain is a historical fiction book that focuses on on Ernest Hemingway’s third wife, Martha Gellhorn. Martha was a respected and celebrated person with many accomplishments. She was a war correspondent for 60 years, and an author in her own right, but the times were such that Ernest Hemingway often overshadowed her.
The best parts of the book are Martha’s travels as a correspondent, along with the descriptions of the Spanish Civil War, and the events leading up to WWII. She was very driven, independent, and adventurous, but was also empathetic and drawn to the untold stories of the suffering of ordinary people. She was at her best and most alive when she was at the front lines in the midst of the action, and her first-person narration was riveting. Among many other accomplishments she was the only woman to land at Normandy on D-Day, and was among the first journalists to report from the Dachau concentration camp.
Love and Ruin was the perfect title for this book. My one complaint is it got a little angsty at times when talking about their relationship and it began to wear thin. But it still gets all the stars for highlighting Martha’s career and accomplishments.
If you loved The Paris Wife… submitted by A2AE on June 13, 2021, 10:40pm You must read this’d too. This well-researched historical fiction will make you love Marty, Hemingway’s third wife, just as much as you loved Hadley. A superb read and required text for any fan of Hem.
PUBLISHED
New York : Ballantine Books, [2018]
Year Published: 2018
Description: 388 pages ; 25 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781101967386
1101967382
SUBJECTS
Hemingway, Ernest, -- 1899-1961 -- Marriage -- Fiction.
Gellhorn, Martha, -- 1908-1998 -- Fiction.
War correspondents -- Fiction.
Journalists -- Fiction.
Women journalists -- Fiction.
Authors' spouses -- Fiction.
Authors -- Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.