PAULA MCLAIN

Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a shy twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness when she meets Ernest Hemingway and is captivated by his energy, intensity and burning ambition to write After a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for France...

Hadley Richardson vivía en el Chicago de 1920 una existencia sin privaciones, pero alejada del amor y la felicidad. Hasta que conoció a Ernest Hemingway. Quedó cautivada por la energía y ambiciones que derrochaba. Su vida cambio para siempre. Despues de un breve noviazgo, se convirtio en su primera esposa. Se trasladaron a Paris, en donde fueron muy pobres, pero muy felices frecuentando el circulo de artistas formado por Francis Scott y Zelda Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound Aquella generacion perdida que habia encontrado refugio en Paris. Aunque profundamente enamorados, la pareja no estaba preparada para soportar el ambiente de aquel Paris alocado y lleno de glamour que queria olvidar los desastres de la Gran Guerra. Las fiestas continuas en aquella era del jazz, los excesos del alcohol, las tertulias ingeniosas, no eran lo mas adecuado para la fidelidad y la vida familiar. Siempre rodeado de atractivas mujeres y egos artisticos rivales, Ernest luchaba y empezaba a encontrar la voz que le dio un lugar privilegiado en la historia de las letras. Pero todo fue a costa de sacrificar su relacion con Hadley y el hijo de ambos. El rol de Hadley como esposa, amiga y musa estaba en peligro.

Hadley Richardson vivía en el Chicago de 1920 una existencia sin privaciones, pero alejada del amor y de la felicidad. Hasta que conoció a Ernest Hemingway, con su personalidad y su energía arrolladoras, y su vida cambio para siempre. Despues de un breve noviazgo, se convirtio en su primera esposa y se trasladaron a Paris, donde fueron muy pobres y muy felices. "Mrs. Hemingway" en Paris es una historia de amores y traiciones de dos seres inolvidables. Pero tambien es un fresco de una epoca fascinante en la que la capital de Francia fue escenario de uno de los momentos mas alegres, ricos y creativos del siglo XX.Hadley Richardson vivía en el Chicago de 1920 una existencia sin privaciones, pero alejada del amor y de la felicidad. Hasta que conoció a Ernest Hemingway, con su personalidad y su energía arrolladoras, y su vida cambio para siempre. Despues de un breve noviazgo, se convirtio en su primera esposa y se trasladaron a Paris, donde fueron muy pobres y muy felices. "Mrs. Hemingway" en Paris es una historia de amores y traiciones de dos seres inolvidables. Pero tambien es un fresco de una epoca fascinante en la que la capital de Francia fue escenario de uno de los momentos mas alegres, ricos y creativos del siglo XX.

As a young girl, Beryl Markham was brought to Kenya from Britain by parents dreaming of a new life. For her mother, the dream quickly turned sour, and she returned home; Beryl was brought up by her father, who switched between indulgence and heavy-handed authority, allowing her first to run wild on their farm, then incarcerating her in the classroom. The scourge of governesses and serial absconder from boarding school, by the age of sixteen Beryl had been catapulted into a disastrous marriage - but it was in facing up to this reality that she took charge of her own destiny.Scandalizing high society with her errant behaviour, she left her husband and became the first woman ever to hold a professional racehorse trainer''s licence. After falling in with the notoriously hedonistic and gin-soaked Happy Valley set, Beryl soon became embroiled in a complex love triangle with the writer Karen Blixen and big game-hunter Denys Finch Hatton (immortalized in Blixen''s memoir Out of Africa). It was this unhappy affair which set tragedy in motion, while awakening Beryl to her truest self, and to her fate: to fly.

The author of The Paris Wife takes us to the heart of another true story: set in 1920s colonial Kenya, Circling the Sun is about an unforgettable woman who lives by nobody''s rules but her own.As a young girl, Beryl Markham was brought to Kenya from Britain by parents dreaming of a new life. For her mother, the dream quickly turned sour, and she returned home; Beryl was brought up by her father, who switched between indulgence and heavy-handed authority, allowing her first to run wild on their farm, then incarcerating her in the classroom. The scourge of governesses and serial absconder from boarding school, by the age of sixteen Beryl had been catapulted into a disastrous marriage - but it was in facing up to this reality that she took charge of her own destiny.Scandalizing high society with her errant behaviour, she left her husband and became the first woman ever to hold a professional racehorse trainer''s licence. After falling in with the notoriously hedonistic and gin-soaked Happy Valley set, Beryl soon became embroiled in a complex love triangle with the writer Karen Blixen and big game-hunter Denys Finch Hatton (immortalized in Blixen''s memoir Out of Africa). It was this unhappy affair which set tragedy in motion, while awakening Beryl to her truest self, and to her fate: to fly.

Paula McLains new novel, Love & Ruin, recounts Martha Gellhorns stormy marriage to Ernest Hemingway, and her painful decision to step out of his shadow and forge her own brilliant career as a war

Circling the Sun brings to life a fearless and captivating womanBeryl Markham, a record-setting aviator caught up in a passionate love triangle with safari hunter Denys Finch Hatton and Karen Blixen, who as Isak Dinesen wrote the classic memoir Out of Africa. Brought to Kenya from England as a child and then abandoned by her mother, Beryl is raised by both her father and the native Kipsigis tribe who share his estate. Her unconventional upbringing transforms Beryl into a bold young woman with a fierce love of all things wild and an inherent understanding of natures delicate balance. But even the wild child must grow up, and when everything Beryl knows and trusts dissolves, she is catapulted into a string of disastrous relationships. Beryl forges her own path as a horse trainer, and her uncommon style attracts the eye of the Happy Valley set, a decadent, bohemian community of European expats who also live and love by their own set of rules. But its the ruggedly charismatic Denys Finch Hatton who ultimately helps Beryl navigate the uncharted territory of her own heart. The intensity of their love reveals Beryls truest self and her fate: to fly. Set against the majestic landscape of early-twentieth-century Africa, McLains powerful tale reveals the extraordinary adventures of a woman before her time, the exhilaration of freedom and its cost, and the tenacity of the human spirit.

Chicago, octobre 1920. Hadley Richardson a 28 ans et débarque du Missouri lorsqu’elle fait la connaissance d’un jeune homme de 20 ans, revenu blessé de la Grande Guerre, Ernest Hemingway. Après un ma

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICKFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife comes a bold combination of true crime, psychology and a hint of the metaphysical.A novel of both great sadness and great beauty; a gripping story drenched in the exquisite allure of the natural world. Kristin Hannah, New York Times bestselling author of The NightingaleA tour de force of literary suspense. It pulled me under and left me gasping. Christina Baker Kline, author of The ExilesVisceral and hauntingly suspenseful. Aimee Molloy, author of The Perfect MotherA missing girl.A lost detective.The case that brings them together. Anna Hart is a seasoned missing persons detective living in San Francisco. When unspeakable tragedy strikes, she turns to the Californian village of Mendocino to grieve. Seeking comfort in the chocolate-box village she grew up in, Anna instead arrives to news that a local girl has gone missing. The crime feels frighteningly reminiscent of a crucial time in Annas childhood, when an unsolved murder changed the community forever. As past and present collide, Anna is forced to confront the darkest side of human nature.

Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a shy twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness when she meets Ernest Hemingway and is captivated by his energy, intensity and burning ambition to write. After a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for France. But glamorous Jazz Age Paris, full of artists and writers, fuelled by alcohol and gossip, is no place for family life and fidelity. Ernest and Hadleys marriage begins to founder, and the birth of a beloved son serves only to drive them further apart. Then, at last, Ernests ferocious literary endeavours begin to bring him recognition - not least from a woman intent on making him her own . . .

From the bestselling author of The Paris Wife comes an irresistible story of love, courage and resistance on the streets of Paris and in the secret network of tunnels that lies beneath* A Good Morning America Book Club pick for January 2026! *A real treatThe Times1664: Alouette Voland is the daughter of a master dyer at Paris famed Gobelins Tapestry Works. With a gift for her craft and a drive to prove she is as good as the male dyers controlling the industry, Alouette dreams of creating her own masterpiece. But her boldness will put everyone she loves at risk. 1939: Kristof Larson is starting his medical residency in the same Parisian neighbourhood once dominated by the tapestry works. The shadows of his past have left him determined to improve conditions for the patients of the infamous Salpetriere asylum. But as war breaks out across Europe and Nazi forces descend on Paris, he could lose his career and his life.Alouette and Kristof are both ambitious, idealistic and brave. But faced with authorities who will do anything to silence them, the secret web of tunnels lying beneath the shimmering streets of Paris might be their only hope of survival. Skylark is a spellbinding story about defiance and love that beautifully uncovers the hidden history of the City of Light.

Chicago, octobre 1920. Hadley Richardson a 28 ans et débarque du Missouri lorsqu’elle fait la connaissance d’un jeune homme de 20 ans, revenu blessé de la Grande Guerre, Ernest Hemingway. Après un ma

In the long, hot Illinois summer of 1973, insecure, motherless Jamie falls under the dangerous spell of her older, more worldly cousin Fawn, whos come to stay with Jamie and her uncle as penance for committing an unmentionable act.It is a time of awakenings and corruptions, of tragedy and loss, as Jamie slowly discovers the extent to which Fawn will use anything and anyone to further her own endsand recognizes, perhaps too late, her own complicity in the disaster that takes shape around them.A captivating story about a teenagers struggle to be accepted by her peers. . . . The story is more than believableit simply comes alive. The book perfectly captures the free-spirited attitude of the decade and the curiosity of adolescence.Tampa TribuneMcLain compels as she excavates two tragedies. Chicago Sun-Times

In 1937, courageous and independent Martha Gellhorn travels to Madrid to report on the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War, and finds herself drawn to the stories of ordinary people caught in devastating conflict. She also finds herself unexpectedly - and uncontrollably - falling in love with Ernest Hemingway, a man already on his way to being a legend. In the shadow of the impending Second World War, and set against the tumultuous backdrops of Madrid, Finland, China, and especially Cuba, where Martha and Hemingway made their home, their relationship and professional careers ignite. But when Hemingway publishes the biggest literary success of his career, they are no longer equals, and Martha must make a choice: surrender to the suffocating demands of a domestic lifestyle, or risk losing her husband by forging her way as her own woman and writer. It is a dilemma that will force her to break his heart, and her own.Based on a true storyMartha Gellhorn was one of the greatest war correspondents of the 20th centuryFOR WHOM THE BELLS TOLLS was dedicated to Martha, and inspired by the time they were together in Spain. It was Hemingways most successful book to date, it sold half a million copies within months, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and triumphantly reestablished his literary reputation

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A deeply evocative novel of ambition and betrayal that captures the love affair between two unforgettable people, Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadleyfrom the author of Love and Ruin and When the Stars Go Dark A beautiful portrait of being in Paris in the glittering 1920sas a wife and as ones own woman.Entertainment WeeklyNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY People Chicago Tribune NPR The Philadelphia Inquirer Kirkus Reviews The Toronto Sun BookPage Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happinessuntil she meets Ernest Hemingway. Following a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for Paris, where they become the golden couple in a lively and volatile groupthe fabled Lost Generationthat includes Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Though deeply in love, the Hemingways are ill prepared for the hard-drinking, fast-living, and free-loving life of Jazz Age Paris. As Ernest struggles to find the voice that will earn him a place in history and pours himself into the novel that will become The Sun Also Rises, Hadley strives to hold on to her sense of self as her roles as wife, friend, and muse become more challenging. Eventually they find themselves facing the ultimate crisis of their marriagea deception that will lead to the unraveling of everything theyve fought so hard for. A heartbreaking portrayal of love and torn loyalty, The Paris Wife is all the more poignant because we know that, in the end, Hemingway wrote that he would rather have died than fallen in love with anyone but Hadley.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, BOOKPAGE, AND SHELF AWARENESS Paula McLain is considered the new star of historical fiction, and for good reason. Fans of The Paris Wife will be captivated by Circling the Sun, which . . . is both beautifully written and utterly engrossing.Ann Patchett, Country LivingThis powerful novel transports readers to the breathtaking world of Out of Africa1920s Kenyaand reveals the extraordinary adventures of Beryl Markham, a woman before her time. Brought to Kenya from England by pioneering parents dreaming of a new life on an African farm, Beryl is raised unconventionally, developing a fierce will and a love of all things wild. But after everything she knows and trusts dissolves, headstrong young Beryl is flung into a string of disastrous relationships, then becomes caught up in a passionate love triangle with the irresistible safari hunter Denys Finch Hatton and the writer Baroness Karen Blixen. Brave and audacious and contradictory, Beryl will risk everything to have Denyss love, but its ultimately her own heart she must conquer to embrace her true calling and her destiny: to fly.Praise for Circling the SunIn McLains confident hands, Beryl Markham crackles to life, and we readers truly understand what made a woman so far ahead of her time believe she had the power to soar.Jodi Picoult, author of Leaving TimeEnchanting . . . a worthy heir to [Isak] Dinesen . . . Like Africa as its so gorgeously depicted here, this novel will never let you go.The Boston GlobeFamed aviator Beryl Markham is a novelists dream. . . . [A] wonderful portrait of a complex woman who liveddefiantlyon her own terms.People (Book of the Week)Circling the Sun soars.NewsdayCaptivating . . . [an] irresistible novel.The Seattle TimesLike its high-flying subject, Circling the Sun is audacious and glamorous and hard not to be drawn in by. Beryl Markham may have married more than once, but she was nobodys wife.Entertainment Weekly [An] eloquent evocation of Beryls daring life.O: The Oprah Magazine

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A powerful novel of the stormy marriage between Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn, a fiercely independent woman who became one of the greatest war correspondents of the twentieth centuryfrom the author of The Paris Wife and When the Stars Go DarkRomance, infidelity, warPaula McLains powerhouse novel has it all.GlamourNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post New York Public Library Bloomberg Real SimpleIn 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. Its her chance to prove herself a worthy journalist in a field dominated by men. There she also finds herself unexpectedlyand unwillinglyfalling in love with Ernest Hemingway, a man on his way to becoming a legend.On the eve of World War II, and set against the turbulent backdrops of Madrid and Cuba, Martha and Ernests relationship and 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 forge a path as her own woman and writer.Heralded by Ann Patchett as the new star of historical fiction, Paula McLain brings Gellhorns story richly to life and captures her as a heroine for the ages: a woman who will risk absolutely everything to find her own voice.

Celle qui osa quitter Ernest Hemingway...Fin 1936. La jeune romancière Martha Gellhorn a vingt-sept ans mais déjà une solide réputation de globe-trotteuse. De neuf ans son aîné, Ernest Hemingway est

Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a shy twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness when she meets Ernest Hemingway and is captivated by his energy, intensity and burning ambition to write. After a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for France. But glamorous Jazz Age Paris, full of artists and writers, fuelled by alcohol and gossip, is no place for family life and fidelity. Ernest and Hadleys marriage begins to founder, and the birth of a beloved son serves only to drive them further apart. Then, at last, Ernests ferocious literary endeavours begin to bring him recognition - not least from a woman intent on making him her own . . .