Hemingway's Girl (Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series) - Hardcover

Robuck, Erika

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9781410455239: Hemingway's Girl (Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series)

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ISBN 10: 1410455238 ISBN 13: 9781410455239

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2013

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Mariella Bennet, struggling to support her family in Depression-era Key West, takes a job as a maid for Ernest Hemingway's second wife, and becomes caught up in a tempting, dangerous world of lavish parties, celebrities and the attentions of Papa himself. (historical fiction).

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Review:

"You'll love this robust, tender story of love, grief, and survival on Key West in the 1930s...Addictive."--Jenna Blum, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us and The Stormchasers
"Robuck's breathtaking alchemy is to put us inside the world of Hemingway and his wife Pauline." --Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You
"Richly realized...Readers will delight in the complex relationships and vivid setting."--Publishers Weekly
"I fell in love with Robuck's Hemingway and with the fiery Mariella Bennet, but what I loved most was the novel's message: that we can inspire each other to be better human beings." --Ann Napolitano, author of A Good Hard Look
"Evokes a setting of the greatest fascination...This is assured and richly enjoyable storytelling." --Margaret Leroy, author of The Soldier's Wife
"Brings to vivid life the captivating and volatile world of a literary legend." --Kristina McMorris, author of Letters From Home and Bridge of Scarlet Leaves
"An inspiring story of heartache and renewal. Readers will be sure to enjoy this ode to a literary icon." --Sarah McCoy, bestselling author of The Baker's Daughter
"Colorful, atmospheric, and a pleasure to plunge into." --Joseph Wallace, author of Diamond Ruby

"Robuck's breathtaking alchemy is to put us inside the world of Hemingway and his wife Pauline....Dazzlingly written and impossibly moving, this novel is a supernova."--Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Cruel Beautiful World
"You'll love this [novel]...Addictive."--*Jenna Blum, New York Times bestselling author of The Stormchasers

"Richly realized...Readers will delight in the complex relationships and vivid setting."--Publishers Weekly

"A total reading pleasure--ultimately a story about seeking and finding the best in ourselves and in others."--Historical Novel Society, Editor's Choice

"I fell in love with Robuck's Hemingway and with the fiery Mariella Bennet, but what I loved most was the novel's message: that we can inspire each other to be better human beings."--Ann Napolitano, author of A Good Hard Look

"Evokes a setting of the greatest fascination...This is assured and richly enjoyable storytelling."--Margaret Leroy, author of The Soldier's Wife

"Brings to vivid life the captivating and volatile world of a literary legend."--Kristina McMorris, author of The Edge of Lost

"An inspiring story of heartache and renewal. Readers will be sure to enjoy this ode to a literary icon."--Sarah McCoy, bestselling author of The Mapmaker's Children

"Colorful, atmospheric, and a pleasure to plunge into."--Joseph Wallace, author of Diamond Ruby

About the Author:

Erika Robuck is the national bestselling author of The House of Hawthorne, Fallen Beauty, Call Me Zelda, Hemingway's Girl, and Receive Me Falling. She is a contributor to the fiction blog Writer Unboxed, and she maintains her own blog, Muse. She is a member of the Hawthorne Society, the Hemingway Society, the Historical Novel Society, and the Edna St. Vincent Millay Society. She lives in Annapolis, Maryland, with her husband and three sons.

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