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CTyankee

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4. I liked it so much I got "A Moveable Feast" out of the library and read that.

Reply to Mz Pip (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 10:39 AM

Jan 2013

Hemingway really regretted losing Hadley over his affair with Pauline. He said in the closing pages of the book "I wish I had died before loving anyone but her." And, of course, just a couple of years later he blew his brains out...

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Just getting around to reading "The Paris Wife." I'm just loving this book! [View all] CTyankee Dec 2012 OP

Good to know. Mz Pip Jan 2013 #1

I liked it so much I got "A Moveable Feast" out of the library and read that. CTyankee Jan 2013 #4

I don't know if you can see this link Lex Jan 2013 #2

Thanks for that! CTyankee Jan 2013 #5

thanks for the link. wish there was an advanced search so you could search by highest rated Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #11

My Older Daughter Adores This Book. Paladin Jan 2013 #3

tell her to also read "A Moveable Feast." It gives Hemingway's own take on this time in his life. CTyankee Jan 2013 #6

"Feast" Is My Favorite Hemingway. Paladin Jan 2013 #7

well, if she liked Paris Wife she'll be curious, as I was, about Moveable Feast... CTyankee Jan 2013 #8

Am about 60 pages into it Mz Pip Jan 2013 #9

It's a great add-on if you read that novel first. I found it all rather sad for Hemingway, who was CTyankee Jan 2013 #10