Paula McLain received an MFA in poetry from the University of Michigan and has been awarded fellowships from Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She is the author of two collections of poetry, as well as a memoir, Like Family. Her novels include The Paris Wife and Circling the Sun. She lives in Cleveland with her family.
McLain brings forth the deepest, most ringing elements of both 'love and ruin', the two poles of Marty and Ernest's tempestuous relationship, a ferocious contest between two brilliant, wilful, and intrepid writers. McLain's fast-moving, richly insightful, heartwrenching, and sumptuously written tale pays exhilarating homage to its truly exceptional and significant inspiration - Booklist, starred reviewHadley's voice is perfectly pitched. This is both a tragic story of love and betrayal, and an accomplished biography of the woman destined to remain 'just the early wife, the Paris wife - Sunday Times on The Paris WifeMcLain's beautifully imagined novel is a worthy addition to the Hemingway canon. It is sharp, unsparing and delivered in a pared-down prose that the great man himself would have applauded - Sunday Telegraph on The Paris WifeHemingway's head is full of darkness and infidelity, and poor Hadley is soon struggling to hold on to him. McLain brings her to life in this deeply romantic study of a doomed relationship - The Times on The Paris Wife
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