Books that Get Creative with History

The Paris Wife

by Paula McLain

This is the fictionalized account of Hemingway’s first marriage to Hadley Richardson. The setting—mostly Jazz-Age Paris—is dreamy; the marriage, less so. We all know how this ends: badly. And yet, towards the end of his life Hemingway said, “I wished I had died before I loved anyone but her.” Book club highlight: Hemingway, that dirty dog.

Zelda: a Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald

by Therese Anne Fowler

An intimate look at the life Zelda Fitzgerald may have lived with Scott Fitzgerald and the rest of the Lost Generation. Though she’s often known as nothing more than Fitzgerald’s crazy wife (thanks largely to Hemingway), this fascinating and heartbreaking novel casts Zelda in a more sympathetic light. Book club highlight: what is truth, and what is fiction?

Books that Get Creative with History

The Paris Wife

Zelda: a Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald

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Books that Get Creative with History

The Paris Wife

Zelda: a Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald

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100 Book recommendations for every mood

100 Book recommendations
for every mood