I was captivated by this novel about the early life of Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, as he struggled to become a writer of substance in the early 1900's in Paris. What a troubled genius he was. And what a life was enjoyed with his friends like Gertrude Stein and Scott Fitzgerald and so many others that went on to fame but maybe not fortune in their lifetimes! This is told from the perspective of his first wife, Hadley, and rings true about the artist community in Paris, the place of women during that time, and the underlying emotions of a woman trying to support her creative husband unconditionally. It has inspired me to go back and reread "The Sun Also Rises."  -- Nancy S.